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Planning asustainable school

Driving school improvement throughsustainable development

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acknowledgments

This document was commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families and developed with the assistance of WWF-UK.

We would like to express our gratitude for the cooperation and support of the head teachers, local authorities and others who took

part in the development of this document.

May 2008

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contents

Foreword 2About sustainable schools 4

What is a sustainable school? 6The two sides of sustainable schools 7A joined-up approach 12

Activities for school improvement planning 14

Introduction 14 Who are these activities for? 15Question tree 15

Activity 1 Cultivating care 18

Activity 2 Defining sustainable schools 22

Activity 3 Widening participation 28

Activity 4 Leadership for sustainable schools 33

Activity 5 My schools journey 39

Activity 6 Getting started with s3 43

Activity 7 Stepping stones 46

Activity 8 Opening doors 53

Activity 9 Developing a sustainable school 57

Activity 10 Work plan 61

Activity 11 Learning during 68

Activity 12 Learning after 71Activity 13 Evidence and evaluative statements 74

Where next? 82Sharing your practice 82Useful resources 84 References 85

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I know what you are thinking: another issue,

another bit of guidance, another task for

schools, but this is different. The only reasonyou need look at this document, and the

accompanying self-evaluation tool, is if

you are concerned that young people will

face unprecedented challenges in the next

period of history. We want them not only

to cope with these challenges, but to rise

to them and play a leading role in finding

the solutions.

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