Design Guidance

Updates

March 2013
TGD022 Primary School, Design Guidelines - amendment to Revision 3, Appendix A - old version of Typical Classroom Layout Drawing (TGD022-D01) inadvertently included and now replaced with current version. Scroll down to view

February 2013
Typical Room Layouts for Primary Schools have been revised and updated. Scroll down to view.

TGD022 Primary School Design Guidelines revised and updated. Revision 2 (August 2010) replaced with Revision 3 (February 2013). Scroll down to view.

November 2012
New Technical Guidance Document added - TGD 021-6 Structural Guidelines Disproportionate Collapse, Horizontal Tie, Vertical Tie and the Requirements of the Building Regulations. Scroll down to view.

August 2012
New Technical Guidance Document Added - TGD 026 Planning and Design Guidance for Primary & Post Primary School Specialist Accommodation for Pupils with Special Educational Needs.

January 2012
New Technical Guidance Document added - TGD 027 Identification and Suitability Assessment of Sites for Post-primary Schools, 1st Edition, January 2012 added. Scroll down to view.

Revised TGD-025 Identification and Suitability Assessment of Sites for Primary Schools, 2nd Edition, January 2012, added. Scroll down to view.

Primary and Post Primary Design Guidance

Documents relating to the design guidelines for primary and post primary schools are organised in the following categories:

1. General
2. Room Layouts
3. Construction Standards
4. Percentage for Art
5. Archive Documents

Document Edition & Revision
Document edition numbers and revisions are stated on the cover of each document. To check for previous versions, follow the link to the relevant section and scroll down to ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS.

GENERAL

• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on acquisitions of sites for school planning purposes
• Code of Practice for The Provision of Schools and the Planning System
• For the Code of Practice for Management of Asbestos follow Procedures
• TGD-020 - General Design Guidelines for Schools - Primary & Post-Primary (Revision 1 - October 2011)
• TGD-022 - Primary School Design Guidelines (Revision 3 - February 2013)
• TGD-023 - Post-primary School Design Guidelines (Published March 2008)
• TGD-025 - Identification and Suitability Assessment of Sites for Primary Schools (2nd Edition, January 2012)
• TGD 026 - Planning & Design Guidelines Primary & Post Primary School Specialist Accommodation for Pupils with Special Educational Needs
• TGD-027 - Identification and Suitability Assessment of Sites for Post-Primary Schools (1st Edition, January 2012)

ROOM LAYOUTS

• Room Layouts for Post Primary Schools
• Room Layouts for Primary Schools (AutoCad, published March 2013)

CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS

• TGD-021 - Construction Standards for Schools -Primary & Post-primary (Published March 2008)
• TGD-021-1 - Guidance on the specification of windows (Published March 2010)
• TGD 021-5 - Acoustic Performance in Schools (1st Edition, February 2013)
• TGD 021-6 - Structural Guidelines Disproportionate Collapse, Horizontal Tie, Vertical Tie and the Requirements in the Building Regulations

PERCENTAGE FOR ART

• Per Cent For Art Scheme