The Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999

Sick rooms

12.—(1) A boarding school shall include, as part of the boarding accommodation—

(a) one or more sick rooms;

(b) if the school has more than 40 boarding pupils, one or more separate isolation rooms; and

(c) associated facilities by way of baths, washbasins and water closets,

which satisfy the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In the case of a school with both male and female boarding pupils, any of whom have attained the age of 8 years, separate sick rooms shall be provided for male pupils and for female pupils.

(3) The floor area of a sick room or isolation room shall not be less than 7.4m² for each bed and there shall be a distance of not less than 1.8m between any two beds in a sick room or isolation room.

(4) A cubicle for a single pupil shall have its own window.