Programme Benefits

As a strategic intervention, learning for sustainability can:

• increase recognition: more GCSE & UCAS points, Healthy & Eco-schools awards, QiSS/QES, BREEAM and other kite-marks
• support new curriculum: develop and accredit projects, flexible and wider key skills, such as International Baccalaureate, BTECs and diplomas
• develop independent thinkers: using the de Bono Tools and appreciative inquiry
• dynamically link strategy & operations: we use action research to feedback to the SMT, using the Self-Evaluation Framework (SEF), and input to our project managment from the School Improvement Plan.
• upgrade employer relationships: relate mentors' learning to their professional practice; measure programme effectiveness according to an agreed set of Key Performance Indicators
• motivate & inspire leadership: tap into personal passions, develop shared vision for Building Schools for the Future and college campus projects
• increase resources: manage carbon, cut bills and coordinate fund raising bids

Learning for Sustainability supports your whole organisation

Governance, leadership, management: Develop shared vision & purpose, connect to your environment, build governance and a team of champions to monitor, evaluate and respond to it.

Buildings & estate management: Save costs and the planet with energy management and procurement policies that share responsibility.

Learning & curriculum programmes: Develop staff, embed and accredit innovation. Engage your community through educational programmes that support local strategies.

Networking & communicating: upgrade your relationships with businesses and the rest of your community. Drive collaboration and ensure you're talking to the right people as you go.

Project management: Out-of-hours activities provide safe spaces for ideas to emerge. Pump-primed pilots can be brought in-house or spun off as social enterprises.