Automatic doors at schools
Information about automatic doors and when they may be necessary.
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Boards may need to consider whether it is appropriate to install automatic doors at your school. They are sometimes installed in schools to help students with learning support needs to move around.
Installing automatic doors for people with learning support needs
Automatic doors may help students with learning support needs to move around a school independently.
However, these doors are not usually appropriate in a school setting because they:
- need a high level of ongoing maintenance
- have particular fire safety requirements.
Funding automatic doors for people with learning support needs
On occasion, we may provide Learning support property modification funding for automatic doors.
Learning support property modifications funding
We would only consider this if:
- there are no other suitable options
- it would help with the student’s independence
- it would reduce the amount of adult support required.
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