ECO Schools - Green Flag Award Criteria
1 - The school has identified an Action Team that has met on at least six occasions. The Action team has the support of a parent and/or governor. Pupils take significant responsibility for the running of the Action Team.
2 - The school has completed a formal Environmental Review, recorded the results and undertaken a follow up review.
3 - The school has identified progress towards achieving most targets in the Action Plan.
4 - The school has identified physical evidence of their progress, including data collection and analysis (graphs etc).
5 - The school has identified substantial progress towards one large school project and indicated involvement with two others.
'identified substantial progress towards one large project means that the school has an understanding of the project topic, recognises its importance to sustainable development within the school environment and wider community and has implemented change'.
6 - The school has a prominent, designated notice board, web page or newsletter which details Eco activities. Eco schools activities are reported in assemblies and at governors meetings, as well as communicated to parents and the wider community.
7 - The school has an agreed, adopted and displayed Eco Code.
8 - The school has shared good practice with other schools who wish to join the Eco Schools programme.
9 - The school can indicate that environmental issues have been covered in at least three curriculum areas by most year groups.
10 - The school is mainly litter - free. Assessors visiting a school will pass schools that achieve a Grade B or above for litter.
11 - Make sure the Local Authority has organised a Display Energy Certificate (DEC). From October 2008 as part of the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive all state schools with a floor area of over 1,000 m squared are required to display a certificate which rates their energy use on a scale of A to G. It is part of the Green Flag criteria to include the DEC with the Green Flag application.
