Sustainable Schools

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What could you aim for?

Food and drink

Validated Healthy School, serving healthy local food and drink.

Travel and traffic

Completed School Travel Plan

Purchasing and waste

Materials purchased sparingly, used efficiently and recycled where possible

Buildings and grounds

Actively seeking sustainable design solutions for any new or redeveloped buildings. 'Very good' BREEAM rating. Whole site strategy in place, biodiversity actively encouraged

Inclusion and participation

All pupils participating fully in school life and developing respect for each other.

Local well-being

Community links and projects

Global dimension

Global citizenship; developing an understanding of our global impact.

The DfE has developed a Sustainable School Self-evaluation tool, s3, which provides a voluntary way to record and report efforts to promote sustainable schools, as an integrated part of the Ofsted SEF.

DfE SustainableSchools Self-evaluation tool s3