# The School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967, Regulation 10: Educational accommodation in secondary schools

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Every secondary school providing courses for pupils at all stages of secondary education shall include educational accommodation of not less than the area specified in Table VII according to the number of pupils for which the school is designed:
Provided that the area of educational accommodation shall be such as may be approved in each case in every secondary school—
(a) where the number of pupils is less than 320 or more than 1,800, or
(b) which does not provide at all stages for pupils of all abilities (excluding those requiring special educational treatment) in the locality which it serves.
TABLE VII
Number of pupils
Area
320–454
2,880 m² plus 7.2 m² for each additional pupil beyond 320
455–674
3,855 m² plus 3.0 m² for each additional pupil beyond 455
675–894
4,506 m² plus 4.0 m² for each additional pupil beyond 675
895–1,114
5,388 m² plus 5.9 m² for each additional pupil beyond 895
1,115–1,559
6,698 m² plus 3.9 m² for each additional pupil beyond 1,115
1,560–1,669
8,430 m² plus 8.3 m² for each additional pupil beyond 1,560
1,670–1,799
9,346 m² plus 2.0 m² for each additional pupil beyond 1,670
1,800
9,610 m²

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1967/1199/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-premises-general-requirements-and-standards-scotland-regulations-1967/regulation-10
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