Toilets in Education Judging Criteria
No | Criteria | Description |
1 | Free use by pupils & students | Unrestricted access to a toilet, whenever or wherever the need arises. |
2 | Quantity of provision | Adequate numbers of facilities for both female and male users which ensure sufficient privacy. |
3 | Accessibility | Dedicated unisex toilets, or female and male toilet cubicles, properly equipped as DDA Compliant Accessible toilets for users with special needs. |
4 | Facilities | Low level WC/Urinals/Wash Basins in Early Years and Primary Schools/Play Centres |
5 | Toilet tissue dispensers provided at a convenient height, replenished as needed throughout the normal hours of usage. | |
6 | Sanitary towel disposal units in all female cubicles for pupils and students age 8+, serviced on a regular basis. | |
7 | Complete lack of graffiti and abuse | |
8 | Privacy | Adequate cubicle locking, cubicle partitions and urinal screening |
9 | Safety | Open area for hand washing e.g. design to prevent bullying |
10 | Management | An effective toilet supervision regime to ensure proper standards of provision and management throughout normal hours of usage. |
11 | An effective toilet cleaning and inspection regime to ensure adequate standards of hygiene, behaviour and cleanliness, throughout normal hours of usage. |