Should I mark libraries/staff rooms/offices with a U because they cannot be used as classbases/teaching areas?
A. No. A ‘U’ should only be used to mark spaces that are unusable as potential classbases in primary schools or teaching spaces in secondary schools. Whether a space is considered a potential classbase or teaching space is based only on its size and physical attributes, not on its current use, and is indicated by the space being allocated basic workplaces. Rooms that are too small to be allocated basic workplaces (such as most offices) will never count towards the net capacity. Rooms that are large enough to be allocated basic workplaces will normally only count towards the capacity if they are marked with a ‘C’ in a primary school or a ‘T’ in a secondary school. Only if the basic workplaces in spaces that are marked ‘C’ or ‘T’ are too small a proportion of the space available (based on 70% of all the basic workplaces, less the ‘basic workplace allowance’) will the net capacity default to a figure which might include some basic workplaces in spaces that have not been marked with a ‘C’
