Our Sustainability Mission Statement

Tapton school has declared a climate emergency.

We follow the 3 Cs principle in tackling this, focusing on Curriculum, Community and Campus:

Curriculum

  • We see sustainability as everyone’s responsibility and recognise that we have a duty to educate students on the role they have to play in this
  • We strive to ensure all members of our community understand the contextual background that has led to this climate emergency
  • We aim to place sustainability within the curriculum for each subject taught at KS3. This already features in our Geography, Science and English curriculum and our assemblies.
  • We have placed the issues surrounding sustainability within our Personal Development curriculum at each key stage.
  • We will continue to promote and grow our sustainability extra curricular offer through the Green Initiative team.

Campus

  • We will enhance the biodiversity of our site by liaising with Mitie, our managed provider
  • We are committed to reducing waste by increasing overall recycling on site and limiting consumption
  • We continue to explore ways to reduce our energy usage.

Community

  • We are focused on increasing the number of students and staff cycling, car sharing and walking to school to create more sustainable transport
  • We aim to decrease the use of single use plastics by liaising with local shops and businesses and encourage the use of reusable water bottles
  • We continue to take an active role in eliminating litter in the community through litter picks and the promotion of an anti-litter ethos.