Design Guidance

Updates

January 2017
Guidance Document for the Provision of a Wireless Network Installation in Primary Schools (1st Edition January 2017) published. Scroll down to view

May 2016
Guidance Document for the Provision of Wireless Network Installations in Post Primary Schools published. Scroll down to view

January 2015
Percentage for art scheme - examples of artworks published - Scroll down to view.

April 2014
TGD021-2, Guidelines and Standards for Sanitary Facilities in Primary Schools, and TGD021-3, Guidelines and Standards for Sanitary Facilities in Post-Primary Schools, published.  Scroll down to view.

February 2014
Fire Strategy for Schools - A Supplementary Guide for Design Teams published. Scroll down to view

September 2013
TGD026 Planning & Design Guidelines - Primary & Post Primary School Specialist Accommodation for Pupils with Special Educational Needs First Edition, 29th May 2012.

Addendum 1, 19th September 2013 added. (Following feedback from schools and a review of a sample of completed projects, a number of common themes and points emerged which required clarification. This document, Addendum 1, brings clarity to the issues raised.) 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

• Guidance document for the Provision of a Wireless Network Installation in Primary Schools (1st Edition January 2017)
• Guidance document for the Provision of Wireless Network Installations in Post Primary Schools
• Fire Strategy for Schools - A Supplementary Guide for Design Teams
• 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
• - Addendum 1, 19th September 2013
• 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)
• Room Layouts for Primary Schools (pdf version)

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-021-2 - Guidelines and Standards for Sanitary Facilities in Primary Schools (1st Edition April 2014)
• TGD-021-3 - Guidelines and Standards for Sanitary Facilities in Post-Primary Schools (1st Edition April 2014)
• 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
• Download examples of Per Cent for Art PDF format or Video format
• Arts in Education Charter