Guidance and regulation

Generic design brief and technical annexes.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 18 December 2023

Building Bulletin issue 100, providing a design guide for fire safety in schools.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Updated: 11 March 2014

This Building Bulletin provides guidance on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 23 August 2018

Find out when you'll need to involve the Secretary of State for Education and which forms you'll need to submit.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 17 May 2023

Building Bulletin 93 (BB93) explains minimum performance standards for the acoustics of school buildings.

• From: Closed organisation: Education Funding Agency
• Updated: 19 December 2014

Guidance to help school building owners and maintenance staff identify building systems and prioritise maintenance and repair of their school estate.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 25 April 2024

Tools and templates to help identify the internal spaces needed in mainstream schools and colleges.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 18 December 2023

Guidance for school leaders, governors, local authorities and academy trusts about managing asbestos in schools and colleges.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 6 October 2023

Identify reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in your education setting and inform the Department for Education (DfE) immediately via the structural issues form.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 25 April 2024

School-specific brief template and annexes.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 18 December 2023

Guidance for responsible bodies and education settings with confirmed reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in their buildings.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 25 April 2024

Guidance to help schools and local authorities understand their obligations in relation to the School Premises Regulations 2012.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 9 March 2015

School ventilation design tools for use with Building Bulletin 101

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 23 August 2018

Information and guidance about fire safety in new and existing school buildings.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 11 March 2014

Information on baseline designs for schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 11 March 2014

Apply to the Secretary of State for Education for consent for, or notification of, a transaction involving school land.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 13 April 2022

Guidance about climate-based daylight design for schools.

• From: Closed organisation: Education Funding Agency
• Updated: 1 January 2014

Information about primary and secondary school design.

• From: Closed organisation: Education Funding Agency
• Updated: 2 May 2014

Baseline designs for a 420 place primary school with 26 place nursery.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 11 March 2014

Guidance to support building users, premises managers and senior leadership teams to reduce energy, costs and carbon use.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 6 December 2022