The 10 assessment criteria

The schools design panel assesses all schemes against 10 assessment criteria to reach an overall design quality rating for each proposal.

Each scheme is given an overall rating of ‘excellent’, ‘good’, ‘not yet good enough’, ‘mediocre’ or ‘poor’. Only schemes with an overall design quality rating of ‘excellent’ or ‘good’ are regarded as acceptable.

The links below contain advice to help you meet each of the 10 criteria, along with good practice examples from real proposals.

1. Identity and context: making a school the students and community can be proud of
2. Site plan: making the best use of the site
3. School grounds: making assets of the outdoor spaces
4. Organisation: creating a clear diagram for the buildings
5. Buildings: making form, massing and appearance work together
6. Interiors: creating excellent spaces for learning and teaching
7. Resources: deploying convincing environmental strategies
8. Feeling safe: creating a secure and welcoming place
9. Long life, loose fit: creating a school that can adapt and evolve in the future
10. Successful whole: making a design that works in the round.

More information

Download Successful school design: how the CABE schools design panel works for more information about how the panel works and how to present your scheme to the panel.

 

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