NORFOLK GOVERNORS' NETWORK

Have you ever wondered how big your school buildings should really be?

Well here are a couple of articles you may find useful -

• Building Bulletin 98: Briefing Framework for Secondary School Projects
• Building Bulletin 99: Briefing Framework for Primary Projects

These documents set out in quite a lot of detail how large your school buildings would be if you were building your school from scratch for a given number of pupils.  This includes classroom space but also things like hall space, staff toilets and even cleaners' cupboards!

There are also some worked examples on teachernet

• for the primary schools can be downloaded here.
• for the secondary school can be downloaded here.

And if you're wondering how much that might all cost then there's an interesting report here which identifies that

• Building Schools for the Future projects average £1850 per square metre
• Academies phase 1 buildings averaged £2240 per square metre

Hope you find that useful.