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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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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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