At the Q1E Trust, we recognise our responsibility to embed sustainability in everything we do.

The Q1E Sustainability Vision sets out our ambition to be net zero and climate-ready by 2030 and to provide best-in-class sustainability learning for our children, combined with engagement across the whole school communities that we serve.

Each Q1E school has signed-up to the Let’s Go Zero 2030 commitment and to the Education Nature Park. All our schools are also registered with EnergySparks to monitor and reduce our energy usage. From September 2025, our new partnership with Lunchtime Co and ProVeg UK brings pupils a healthier, more sustainable menu - recognised nationally with a School Plates Silver Award. Further details of this are given in the article below.

Our Q1E Sustainability Vision is based on three action areas:

• Decarbonisation and Efficient Resource Use:  We are working to reduce our energy consumption, transition towards zero carbon energy sources, minimise emissions and waste, and increase recycling.
• Biodiversity and Protecting Nature:  We are working to increase the size and quality of green spaces at our schools, in support of outdoor learning, well-being, and local biodiversity.
• Climate Adaptation and Resilience:  We are working to ensure that our school buildings, outdoor spaces, playgrounds, and operations are future-ready and adapted for changing weather patterns.

Within each action area, and across all of them, we seek to involve the children in innovative and connected ways to support their understanding of sustainability topics that are relevant for their future.  We work to integrate this learning throughout the curriculum, while going above and beyond the national requirements, as well as by providing engaging extra-curricular opportunities. 

In addition, we will work to engage our whole school communities in our activities.

We are committed to being recognised leaders in sustainable school operations, education, and whole school community engagement while we deliver on our Q1E Sustainability Vision.