Any sports hall suite shall include changing facilities with showers for half a year group with equal and separate facilities for boys and girls in schools, located for easy access to internal and external sports spaces. There shall also be accessible/ staff changing rooms, storage and toilets. Any sports hall shall be designed to allow examinations as well as sporting activities to take place, with the internal environment designed to cater for these different activities. The sports facilities shall be designed to be accessed and used safely and easily by members of the community outside the school day. The Contractor shall design storage in PE and sport areas to ensure that storage adjacent to the sports hall is easily accessible for storing large items of equipment. Administration Suite Any Whole School Project will have an administration suite including accommodation for administration staff and some senior management, such as a general office and office, centrally located yet close to head teacher’s the main entrance of the School and the reception area. Other staff offices shall be located locally in teaching suites, as specified in the School-specific SoA or SSB. Any administration suite in a New Building or Remodelled Area shall include the general office and other spaces required in the School-specific SoA for this suite. The main entrance used by visitors shall provide a secure entry sequence which meets the following requirements. The external doors lead into the entrance/ reception area which accommodates a waiting area and space to access the reception desk, as well as the circulation route from the external doors to the internal doors leading into the School. The interview room is directly accessible from the entrance/ reception area. The entrance/ reception area is adjacent to the general office and linked by a reception desk staffed from within the office area but accessible to visitors to sign in, via a secure
Any sports hall suite shall include changing facilities with showers for half a year group with equal and separate facilities for boys and girls in schools, located for easy access to internal and external sports spaces. There shall also be accessible/ staff changing rooms, storage and toilets. Any sports hall shall be designed to allow examinations as well as sporting activities to take place, with the internal environment designed to cater for these different activities. The sports facilities shall be designed to be accessed and used safely and easily by members of the community outside the school day. The Contractor shall design storage in PE and sport areas to ensure that storage adjacent to the sports hall is easily accessible for storing large items of equipment. Administration Suite Any Whole School Project will have an administration suite including accommodation for administration staff and some senior management, such as a general office and head teacher’s office, centrally located yet close to the main entrance of the School and the reception area. Other staff offices shall be located locally in teaching suites, as specified in the School-specific SoA or SSB. Any administration suite in a New Building or Remodelled Area shall include the general office and other spaces required in the School-specific SoA for this suite. The main entrance used by visitors shall provide a secure entry sequence which meets the following requirements. The external doors lead into the entrance/ reception area which accommodates a waiting area and space to access the reception desk, as well as the circulation route from the external doors to the internal doors leading into the School. The interview room is directly accessible from the entrance/ reception area. The entrance/ reception area is adjacent to the general office and linked by a reception desk staffed from within the office area but accessible to visitors to sign in, via a secure
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