Regulation 8 Sites for playing fieldsI1

F1Subject to paragraph (2B) of this regulation every primary school shall have available and in close proximity to it playing fields not less than the area specified in Table IV according to the number of pupils for which the school is designed except where the provisions of regulation 8(4) apply.

Every secondary school shall have available to it playing fields not less than the area specified in Table V according to the number of pupils for which the school is designed except where the provisions of regulation 8(4) apply:

Provided that where the number of pupils is less than 320 the area of the playing fields shall be such as may be approved in each case.

Every nursery school and every nursery class in a primary school shall have available and in close proximity to it a garden playing space of not less than an area of 9.3 m² per pupil of which a minimum area of 3.7 m² per pupil shall be paved.

Paragraph (1) of this regulation in its application to a primary school with a nursery class or classes shall have effect as if for the word “pupils” there were substituted the words “pupils, other than nursery pupils.”

Every school providing both primary education and secondary education shall have available to it playing fields of an area such as may be approved in each case.

Where in any case the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is impracticable or would be unreasonable to apply the standards prescribed in this regulation the area of the playing fields shall be such as may be approved.