Guidance

Design standards: employer's requirements

Documents forming the Department for Education's employer's requirements.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 11 February 2026

Applies to England

Documents

Technical manual

PDF, 6.4 MB, 587 pages

Pattern book

PDF, 4.62 MB, 428 pages

Schedule of places

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 2.23 MB

Schedule of spaces

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 3.15 MB

Further education schedule of accommodation tool

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 713 KB

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Further education schedule of accommodation

1.73 MB

Project brief

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 213 KB

Refurbishment scope of works

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 217 KB

General conditions

PDF, 911 KB, 73 pages

Exchange information requirements

PDF, 1.33 MB, 67 pages

Detailed exchange information requirements

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 1.11 MB

Projects information protocol

MS Word Document, 626 KB

Projects information standard

MS Word Document, 785 KB

Projects information production methods and procedures

MS Word Document, 642 KB

Details

These documents form the employer’s requirements for the School buildings: construction framework 2025.

Published 11 February 2026