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Education

8.4 Non Educational Services within Educational Buildings

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Many schools let out rooms and facilities at evenings and weekends to non-educational and community bodies. This is frequently an important income stream and a strong link with the local area.

From October 2004, schools, in the provision of non-educational services to the public, will have to take reasonable steps to remove, alter or provide reasonable means of avoiding physical features that make it impossible or unreasonably difficult for disabled people to access the service.

The provision of non-educational services may include activities such as:

• Governors meetings;
• Services offered to pupils which are not related to their studies, such as
  skiing holidays
• Services offered to parents, such as meetings to present the annual
  report, admission and exclusion hearings where an appeal is by the parents
• Fund raising events organised by parent teacher associations such as jumble sales, boot sales or dances
• Leisure time activities for children or adults without any element of
  educational development
• The use of school sports facilities by the local community or the hiring
  of school accommodation to members of the public.
  

In the provision of non-educational services within educational buildings, design criteria would be those used for any public building. Reference should be made to sections on external environments and buildings of Accesscode where applicable.

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