Flushed with Success?

Flushed with Success? is the Commissioner’s campaign for the Scottish Government to introduce new guidance on school toilets. With current legislation in the area nearly 50 years old, the campaign addresses the fact that standards of school toilets for pupils need to improve.

The campaign seeks to ensure that the quality of school facilities for children is monitored and guaranteed in the same way as for adults in the workplace. In so doing, it aims to make sure children and young people’s right to dignified and safe spaces is protected.

Setting the Standard for Scotland’s School Toilets

The campaign has multiple strands in order to help set a new standard for school toilets in Scotland:

• The Commissioner will meet with key figures in policy making and those with relevant expertise in the autumn to consider the best approach to improving standards.


• The Commissioner and his team will talk to young people to find out what they think needs to change. Find out more.

Getting your voice heard

The Commissioner is calling for three key changes to be made to set the standard for Scotland’s school toilets:

• Scottish law that guides the quality and standards of school toilets should be updated to be fit for the 21st century


• National guidance should be created on standards and qualities of school toilets for Local Authorities and Schools


• The standards and qualities of school toilets should be regularly inspected and self-evaluated, so that schools can be supported to improve them where required.

If you agree with these calls, you can contact your councillor and MSP to let them know. Find out how you can do this.

Contact the office

You can  to find out more about the campaign.

Research

Read the research that informed the Flushed with Success? campaign.