16°C Is In The Guidance. The Law Says "Reasonable"

The number staff quote for a cold classroom, sixteen degrees Celsius, is in the Approved Code of Practice and the Health and Safety Executive's guidance as what a workplace "should normally" be at least. The regulation itself says only that the temperature must be "reasonable". Here is what the documents say, who decides, where pupils sit in all this, and what none of them answer.

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