# The Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999, Paragraph 3


(1) The team game playing fields provided for any school shall be of a minimum total area determined (subject to sub-paragraph (2)) in accordance with the following Table by reference to the number of pupils at the school who have attained the age of 8 years and that area shall be the area specified opposite the entry in column (1) of the Table within which that number falls—
(a) in column (2) thereof, in the case of a school with pupils who have not attained the age of 11 years; and
(b) in column (3) thereof, in the case of any other school.
(2) Should the number of pupils at the school who have attained the age of 8 years exceed 1,950, the team game playing fields shall be of a minimum total area equal to the aggregate of—
(a) 70,000 m2, in the case of a school mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a), or 75,000 m2, in the case of any other school; and
(b) 5,000 m2 for each complete 150 by which the said number of pupils exceeds 1,801.
TABLE
Minimum area of team game playing fields for schools
Minimum total area in m2
(1)
(2)
(3)
Total number of pupils who have attained the age of 8 years (entries to be construed inclusive of both numbers specified)
Schools with pupils who have not attained the age of 11 years
Other schools
100 or fewer
2,500
5,000
101 to 200
5,000
10,000
201 to 300
10,000
15,000
301 to 400
15,000
20,000
401 to 500
20,000
25,000
501 to 600
25,000
30,000
601 to 750
30,000
35,000
751 to 900
35,000
40,000
901 to 1,050
40,000
45,000
1,051 to 1,200
45,000
50,000
1,201 to 1,350
50,000
55,000
1,351 to 1,500
55,000
60,000
1,501 to 1,650
60,000
65,000
1,651 to 1,800
65,000
70,000
1,801 to 1,950
70,000
75,000
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph any part of team game playing fields which has an all weather surface, (that is to say a hard porous surface, a synthetic surface or a polymeric surface) may be treated as if it were twice its actual area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-premises-regulations-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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