School facilities
This directory pages provides links to information and resources about school facilities including advice on building, maintenance and repairs.
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More reading on any of these topics is essential as it there are many requirements involved in building, managing and maintaining facilities.
- Bike and fitness tracks at schools
- Billboards on school grounds
- Boilers for school heating
- BWOF
- Car parks
- Cell phone towers
- Energy, water and waste management
- Historic heritage features
- Offsite manufactured buildings
- Playgrounds
- Rest facilities (sick bays)
- Running a hostel
- School houses
- Specialised education facilities
- Swimming pools
- Teen parent units
Bike and fitness tracks at schools
Building a bike or fitness track is a good way for your school to help children stay fit and healthy.
Bike and fitness tracks at schools
Billboards on school grounds
Find information about billboards and political advertising on school grounds, and the statutory requirements you must follow.
Boilers for school heating
Find information about funding, maintaining and disposing of a school boiler.
Building Warrant of Fitness
A BWOF is a mandatory requirement for all schools with one of the features or systems listed on the compliance schedule.
Building warrants of fitness for school facilities
Car parks
Find information about car parks including accessing the NZ Standard regulations.
Cell phone towers on school sites
Boards cannot allow a cell phone tower to be placed on school grounds. Find out more below.
Cell phone towers on school sites
Energy, water and waste management
Resources that support schools in the management of energy, water and waste. Find out more about your requirements.
Energy, water and waste management
Historic heritage features on school sites
How to recognize and manage a historic heritage feature on your school property.
Offsite manufactured buildings
Boards considering an OMB will find key information in this guidance that details the procurement, upkeep, and conditions they must follow.
Offsite manufactured buildings for new spaces at schools
Playgrounds on school sites
Information including standards requirements about building or upgrading a playground on a school site.
Rest facilities (sick bays) at school
Read about the requirements for rest facilities, also known as sick bays, on school property.
Running a hostel
Find information and the relevant forms required for setting up or renewing a hostel licence.
School houses
Boards are responsible for managing any core and caretaker houses that your school has, which includes dealing with rent and tenants.
Houses for teachers and caretakers
Specialised education facilities
Boards may be entitled to property funding to accommodate these facilities at your school.
Learning support and specialist school related facilities' property entitlement
Swimming pools at schools
Links to resources that support the daily management, maintenance and building of your pool.
Teen parent units
Find information about Teen Parent Units (TPU), including how to establish one at your school.
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