# The Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999, Regulation 8: Sleeping accommodation


(1) A boarding school shall include sleeping accommodation which is adequate for the number of boarding pupils at the school and satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2) to (5).
(2) In the case of a school with both male and female boarding pupils the sleeping accommodation shall be such that no pupil who has attained the age of 8 years shall sleep in the same room as a pupil of the opposite sex.
(3) The floor area of a dormitory shall not be less than the aggregate of 4.2m2 for each pupil sleeping in the dormitory and 1.6m2, and there shall be a distance of not less than 0.9m between any two beds in a dormitory.
(4) A cubicle for a single pupil shall have its own window and its floor area shall not be less than 5.0m2.
(5) A bedroom for a single pupil shall be of a floor area not less than 6.0m2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-premises-regulations-1999/regulation-8
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