Schools: Playing Fields
(asked on 10th July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the numbers of all-weather playing fields in schools and in recreational establishments.
This question was answered on 21st July 2014
The Department for Education does not have a specific policy for providing all-weather or synthetic turf pitches in schools. However, in ‘Building Bulletin 103: Area Guidelines for mainstream schools’, we do recommend that all schools have a minimum area of hard-surfaced games area, or ‘hard outdoor PE’ space, preferably in the form of Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGAs).