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See fact sheets 6.9 Toilets.
Disabled staff or pupils should be able to find and use suitable toilet accommodation no less easily than non-disabled people. Accessible toilet facilities should be provided within or close to other toilet facilities. Cubicles suitable for ambulant disabled users should be provided as well as wheelchair accessible facilities.
Within the school environment, consideration needs to be given to who will use the facilities - children of varying ages and sizes, children with or without assistance, adults etc. A variety of solutions may be applicable including "standard" accessible layouts, peninsular layouts or layouts of reduced scale suitable for differing ages of children. Where a school is large enough to require more than one accessible toilet facility, the opportunity should be taken to provide differing layouts such as left and right hand etc.
In many instances, pupils who are wheelchair users will require assistance when using WC facilities. As such, a peninsular layout for a WC whereby help can be provided from both sides of the WC pan may be more suitable than the more traditional corner layout.
The design criteria for a peninsular layout of an accessible WC are generally
the same as a corner layout (see fact sheet 6.9)
with the exception of the overall circulation space designed for use by a wheelchair
user with assistance.
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