# The Education (School Premises) Regulations 1996, Regulation 20: Heating


(1) Each room or other space in a school building shall have such system of heating, if any, as is appropriate to its normal use.
(2) Any such heating system shall be capable of maintaining in the areas set out in column (1) of the Table below the air temperature set out opposite thereto, in column (2) of that Table, at a height of 0.5&4uspace;m above floor level when the external air temperature is −1°C.
(1)
(2)
Areas
Temperature
Areas where there is the normal level of physical activity associated with teaching, private study or examinations
18°C
Areas where there is a lower than normal level of physical activity because of sickness or physical disability including sick rooms and isolation rooms but not other sleeping accommodation
21°C
Areas where there is a higher than normal level of physical activity (for example arising out of physical education) and washrooms, sleeping accommodation and circulation spaces.
15°C
(3) Each room or other space which has a heating system shall, if the temperature during any period during which it is occupied would otherwise be below that appropriate to its normal use, be heated to a temperature which is so appropriate.
(4) In a special school, nursery school or teaching accommodation used by a nursery class in a school the surface temperature of any radiator, including exposed pipework, which is in a position where it may be touched by a pupil shall not exceed 43°C.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/360/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-premises-regulations-1996/regulation-20
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