OUR CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY INTENT:

Reflecting our RESPONSIBILITY and RESPECT values, we aim to ensure that all stakeholders understand climate change, take climate action and proactively protect the environment.

WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?

“Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.” (ref. United Nations)

There are many factors that can make the Earth warmer and colder including:

• greenhouse gases caused by human activity,
•  deforestation, where more than half of the world’s surface has been ploughed and paved,
• the ozone layer trapping heat closer to the Earth’s surface
• different types of air pollution which have different effects on the atmosphere.

The challenge of climate change is formidable. For children and young people to meet it with determination, and not with despair, we must offer them not just truth but also hope. Learners need to know the truth about climate change – through a knowledge-rich education. They must also be given the hope that they can be agents of change, through hands-on activity and, as they progress, through guidance and programmes allowing them to pursue a green career pathway in their chosen field. (DFE 2023).

Our named Sustainability and Climate Lead is Miss Hubble. 

To find out more about our efforts in this area, please click on the link below to read the latest version of our Climate Action Plan.