Publication - Consultation paper

School premises regulations - updating proposals: consultation

Published: 16 December 2025
From: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, +11 more … Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Director for Children and Families, Director of Education Reform, Director of Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights, Director-General Education and Justice, First Minister, Lord Advocate, Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, Minister for Equalities, Permanent Secretary, Solicitor General
Directorate: Learning Directorate, +3 more … Early Learning and Childcare Directorate, Education Reform Directorate, Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Children and families, Education, +1 more … Public sector
ISBN: 9781806435784

We are consulting on updating the School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967, so they reflect modern educational needs.

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45 days to respond
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Closes: 24 March 2026

Supporting documents

Glossary of Terms

Additional Support for Learning - ASL

Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment - CRWIA

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities - CoSLA

Early Learning and Childcare - ELC

Getting It Right For Every Child - GIRFEC

Learning Estate Investment Programme – LEIP

Physical Education - PE

Scottish Government - SG

Synthetic Pitches - SP

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers – CIBSE

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Email: matthew.rennie@gov.scot

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