Sustainability

In the wake of COP26 the environment, climate change and sustainability in general is rightly high on the School’s agenda.

The School’s Sustainable Development Committee works to address the School’s own environmental footprint and with a Climate Emergency declared, the committee has been looking at ways to plot our path to net zero by 2030. This has included the planned installation of 45KW of new solar photovoltaics on the roofs of Biology and the Sports Hall. Education and awareness of the issues we face and the urgency needed to tackle them is perhaps our greatest role as a school and, as with past years, much has taken place in this regard. We ran two mock COP26 events for over 100 students in November; we have had two beach cleans in November and June; joint sustainability projects between Science and Geography for Year 7 and 8 students; weekly student-led activities; the start of a new Year 9 course on Global Goals; a Year 9 Sustainability and team working day; and several whole school assemblies.