School Sports Facility Planning Worksheet
A practical project-audit and planning worksheet for school and education sports facilities.
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This worksheet is for project planning. It is not a design certification, construction drawing, approval document or substitute for local professional input.
PROJECT AUDIT
Students & programme
□List the sports and activities used during PE classes.
□Record lunchtime and informal recreation use.
□Identify team training, inter-school sport and after-hours community use.
□Record age groups, accessibility needs and expected peak occupancy.
PROJECT AUDIT
Existing site
□Measure the usable site or room, including run-off and circulation zones.
□Record the existing base type, condition, cracking and level changes.
□Check drainage, ponding and where surface water currently goes.
□Record access for deliveries, maintenance and emergency movement.
PROJECT AUDIT
Daily operation
□Check supervision sightlines and staff visibility.
□Identify equipment and maintenance storage needs.
□Record cleaning, repair and routine maintenance capability.
□Check lighting, noise, neighbours, security and operating-hour constraints.
PROJECT AUDIT
Future stages
□Separate immediate needs from later campus improvements.
□Protect space for future courts, shade, seating or recreation additions.
□Identify services or foundations that should allow later expansion.
□Record which works require local design, engineering or approvals.
PLANNING SEQUENCE
Work in this order.
Define the school programme
Start with students, timetable, activities, supervision and the weekly operating pattern.
Audit the real site
Measure the space and document the base, drainage, access, services, storage and constraints.
Set the facility hierarchy
Decide which activities are primary, which are shared and which future uses must remain possible.
Coordinate technical systems
Resolve surface, equipment, lighting, containment, shade or cover, access and maintenance together.
Stage and brief the project
Separate current works from future stages, confirm local responsibilities and build the review package.
DECISION WORKSHEET
Questions the project team should answer.
What problem is the school trying to solve first: capacity, surface condition, sport mix, weather exposure, supervision or something else?
Which activities must the facility support every week, and which are occasional?
What are the measured usable dimensions once run-off, access and circulation are allowed for?
What is known about the existing base, drainage and services?
What supervision, storage, maintenance and accessibility requirements must be designed around?
Which improvements belong in stage one, and which should remain possible later?
Which decisions require local civil, structural, electrical, accessibility or approval input?
What information is still missing before the school can request a meaningful project review?
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