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Less Engaged School Progression Secondary School Progression

Outputs Target Total

Number of schools re-engaged in the Eco-Schools programme 75 93

Number of pilot schools developing a Mentoring Scheme 3 3

Number of pilot schools trialling Eco-Coordinators support resource 3 3

During the last year over 170
different non-green flag schools
have joined up for virtual teacher
training or pupil workshops. Of these
170 schools, 93 were previously
dis-engaged with the programme.

This therefore represents excellent
engagement with schools who,
at the start of the year were less To support secondary school Eco-Coordinators To continue to build engagement with secondary
engaged with the programme. The to raise the profile of Eco-Schools and inform schools the existing Welsh Baccalaureate
virtual sessions have helped kickstart and involve staff across the school we have provision offered by Keep Wales Tidy has been
our relationship with these schools created an Eco-Coordinators School Resource refreshed. This included updating the existing
and a focus for the upcoming year to give an overview of the programme. It is WJEC approved briefs for the Foundation/
is to continue developing our links designed to be used by the coordinators during Intermediate level Global Citizenship Challenge
with them and help them progress whole staff in-service training sessions (INSET) covering Single-Use Plastic, Marine Litter and

towards a green flag award. Pleasingly, we have Mentoring Scheme and comes with comprehensive speaker notes E-Waste. Alongside this, we have amended the
already seen six of these schools progress to We are trialling the mentoring scheme, having to provide guidance and support for delivery. resources in the resource packs to be more
achieve their first green flag this year. approached three platinum schools who current and relevant. These were launched at

On a regional level, officers have trialled expressed an interest in being a mentor school There is a clear focus on links to the curriculum the Central South Education Consortium Skills
informal cluster meetings and ‘Road to Green in the latest round of platinum renewals.These within the presentation to clearly highlight Challenge Certificate practitioners network
Flag’ sessions as a means of supporting schools schools are offering informal help to several where staff can contribute, and this focus has meeting.
as they progress towards achieving a green flag. non-green flag schools, with the local Education led to the planned development of supporting
This year we have seen a total of 16 first green officer on hand to offer initial guidance. The materials such as a subject audit and curriculum
flags awarded, despite the continuing impact schools are encouraged to share best practice mapping tools.
of COVID, which is encouraging – a number set ideas on how to embed the Eco-Schools process
to increase when we get to the summer term. in school, as well as helping with ideas for The resource has been reviewed by three

It does suggest that a mixture of engagement actions. If this trial with three schools works teachers and the response was positive, so
strategies (virtual workshops, cluster meetings, well (we will review the process later in the they plan to use it during INSET sessions that
informal one to one support from a local year) then we will roll it out further. are planned for the summer term 2022. The
Education officer) is a good approach going resource is also currently being uploaded to
forward. It is worth stressing also that supporting Hwb for wider access by educators.
schools who are already green flag awarded and
keeping them engaged with the programme
is an important aspect of our work, especially
considering the challenges schools have faced
recently.

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