Standard specifications, layouts and dimensions: Toilets in Schools

This guidance sets out the standards of performance for school toilets in the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme and shows how they might be delivered through some design examples (see page 30). The aim is to disseminate best practice and avoid ‘reinventing the wheel’ every time a school building is designed, so that school toilets can be consistently high quality environments, offering best whole-life value for money.

School building clients, their professional advisers, contractors and their supply chains should use the guidance to inform their decisions on toilet layouts and specification standards at the early stages of a project’s development – whether that be new build, extension or refurbishment – at RIBA Stages A-F.