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The templates provide the necessary context and prompts to develop a school specific brief for:
- mainstream schools
- special schools and alternative provision
This documentation should be read in conjunction with:
- employers requirements part A: general conditions
- employers requirements part B: generic design brief
These documents form the employers requirements for the DfE construction framework 2021 and the offsite schools framework: modern methods of construction (MMC1). Part B and part C capture the school output specification.
For use by:
- contractors
- technical professionals
- suppliers
- schools
- academies
- local authorities
- dioceses
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For further information on the:
- specific output specification contact DesignStandards.DFECAPITAL@education.gov.uk
- construction framework 2021 contact dfeconstructionframework.2021@education.gov.uk.
- schools offsite framework (MMC1) contact mmc.info@education.gov.uk