Mission Statement
One of our Core Values at Rushcliffe Spencer Academy is ‘We Care For Our World’ and as such we are proud to be a leading school promoting sustainability and environmental support. We aim to raise awareness of current local, national and global sustainability issues as well as supporting initiatives to help protect our planet.
Who’s involved?
Our Eco Club, which has members from across the year groups, is supported by our sixth form Eco Ambassadors. Their dedication and positivity have led to amazing changes across the school and helped to raise awareness to key issues. The door is always open for more students to join and help contribute!
- In 2023 Rushcliffe Spencer Academy was awarded the ‘Eco School of the Year’ Award for our outstanding contributions to sustainability.
- For the last 2 years we have received the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award with Distinction – the highest award!
- January 2025 the academy was awarded the Woodlands Trust Green Tree Award (Bronze) thanks to our planting of over 400 trees on the school grounds.
- Teamed up with Terracycle to recycle glue sticks where we saved 1000 glue sticks from entering landfill.
- We were one of the stages on the 2024 Running Out of Time Climate Relay where the Eco Club hosted the runners and explained about all the fantastic work we are doing. Running Out of Time
- Asked to take part in Warwick University’s ‘Green Space 2024’ event.
- The number 1 school in the East Midlands in the Energy Sparks competition to try to reduce energy consumption in schools. (2nd nationally)
- To increase the biodiversity across the school site and helping to shape the ‘Heart of the School’ outside C block.
- To further develop our global connections to spread our great work and to learn new ideas from schools across the world.
- To improve outdoor spaces at Rushcliffe Spencer Academy such as the school garden and the outdoor quads.
- To retain our Eco-Schools Green Flag Award with Distinction
- To achieve the Green Tree Award (Gold) through the Woodlands Trust.
- To continue to develop the different recycling opportunities at school.
Partners we work with:
If you’d like to get involved
Please contact Mr Lakin, the current Eco Lead to find out more about the exciting opportunities we have to offer. The range of skills our students develop as eco reps is fantastic, from creativity and resourcefulness to resilience and forward planning. Our commitment to helping care for our world is second to none but it would always be nice to have more support with our mission.
Here is a link to some easy challenges to sustain the environment during winter.
