School closures in Leeds: Calverley Parkside Primary closed as heating fails

Calverley Parkside Primary School in Victoria Street is closed throughout today (Monday), according to the Leeds City Council website.

Engineers are on their way to the school to try to fix the problem.

There are no other school closures in Leeds today.

An update on the council's website from Calverley Parkside said: "School will be closed today due to having no heating. Engineers are attending today and we will provide an update as soon as possible."

What are the rules about temperatures in schools and workplaces?

According to the National Education Union (NEU) : "Until October 2012, legal requirements which specified the minimum temperatures which had to be maintained in school classrooms were set out in the Education (School Premises) Regulations 1999.

"These regulations provided that, in areas where there was a normal level of physical activity associated with teaching, the appropriate minimum temperature was 18ºC (64.4ºF).

"In areas where there was a lower than normal level of activity (eg sick rooms) or higher than normal level of activity (eg gymnasia and also washrooms), the appropriate minimum temperatures were 21ºC and 15ºC respectively.

"These regulations were replaced on 31 October 2012 by the School Premises (England) Regulations 2012.

"These regulations do not specify minimum temperatures for any parts of a school.

"Despite removal of this regulation, the NEU position remains that temperatures in school classrooms should be at least 18ºC (64.4ºF).

"The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, which apply to all workplaces, including schools, set out requirements on minimum temperatures in workplaces.

"Regulation 7 requires that temperatures shall be “reasonable” and the accompanying Approved Code of Practice (ACoP) defines this as "normally at least 16°C" (60°F) during “the length of time people are likely to be there”.

"Although this is lower than the minimum temperature previously required by the Education (School Premises) Regulations, it applies to non-teaching areas as well as classrooms."

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