Eco Schools

We are working towards our third Green Flag of our journey to continue our to be an international, Green Flag Award, Eco-School.

The programme is designed to raise environmental awareness amongst young people and in England it is run by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy. Internationally, the programme is the largest educational programme in the world present in nearly 70 countries with millions of children participating. Our school is now part of this global community working to create environmental change for the benefit of our children and future generations.

The Eco-Schools programme empowers pupils, raises environmental awareness, improves the school environment and can also lead to financial saving. Being an active member of the programme will be something your child will remember for the rest of their life.

The programme focuses on ten important environmental topics:

1. Waste
2. Water
3. Healthy Living
4. School Grounds
5. Biodiversity
6. Energy
7. Litter
8. Marine

9. Transport
10. Global Citizenship

Every school taking part in the Eco-Schools around the world programme follow the same simple Seven Step framework. This usually takes schools between one and two academic years to complete. After achieving our first Green Flag, our school can continue in the programme and achieve multiple Green Flags whilst continuing to work on and promote environmental issues. One of the most exciting things about the programme is that the process is designed to engage the whole school and its wider community.

If you would like to get involved in the Eco-School programme by sharing your time, ideas or skills please contact us directly. If you are struggling for spare time, don’t worry, we will keep you updated on our progress regularly and invite you to participate in Eco-Schools projects or events that the pupils organise.

We hope you are as excited about our eco-journey as we are,

Nell Edwards and Saskia Bottger
Eco-Coordinators

Our ECO revolution

The programme focuses on ten important environmental topic and the focus for this year is: 

Transport

Healthy Living 

Water

1. TRANSPORT - SUSTRAN'S GOLD AWARD

Walk and Wheel Results 2024

Over the duration of the ten day competition Woodside Academy had:

4713 journeys of sustainable travel with a daily average of 76%

962 - Cycle Journeys 

947 - Scooter Journeys 

2772 - Walking Journeys 

With an Overall Position out of 2300 Schools 

Nationally 76th 

Regionally 14th 

Essex 1st 

Thurrock 1st 

2. WATER

3. HEALTHY LIVING

"Would just like to say that your school were a credit to you today. They all were very well behaved and tidied up the area before they left. Picking up all the rubbish. Thank you."

Pauline Davies, Grays Beach: May  2024.