The Education (School Premises) Regulations 1996

Living accommodation

10.—(1) A boarding school shall include living accommodation (both for the purposes of private study outside school hours and for social purposes) for the boarding pupils at the school of an aggregate floor area not less than 2.3 m2 for each such pupil.

(2) In the case of a school where either—

(a)some or all the sleeping accommodation comprises study bedrooms or cubicles; or

(b)the boarding accommodation is adjacent to other school accommodation which is appropriate for use outside school hours as living accommodation for boarding pupils,

then such accommodation shall be taken into account for the purposes of this regulation.