Oxfordshire Green Schools | Groundwork South Learning

Oxfordshire Green Schools inspires staff and students to save energy, reduce waste, grow fruit and vegetables and take lessons outside. Assemblies, pupil workshops, teacher training, school grounds development and audits of your school’s energy and waste are all available through the project.

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Groundwork’s Green Schools programme funded by Oxfordshire Waste Partnership has now come to an end. This means that our free service for schools is no longer available. However, we can still work with your school in all the ways outlined above – contact us for more details on [email protected]

Schools in Oxfordshire wanting information about waste reduction or wishing to promote recycling or reuse to their pupils should contact:

Cherwell District Council:

Oxford City Council:

South and Vale District Councils:

West Oxfordshire District Council:

Oxfordshire Schools who would like information about sustainability activities and projects in their local community can visit the Community Action Group project webpages http://www.cagoxfordshire.org.uk/

Schools requiring information about their energy bills, their Automatic Meter Reading equipment and energy saving opportunities should contact Carillion on 　0808 156 6659 or 　 Additional information about energy efficiency for schools is hosted at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/schoolscutcarbon

Viridor Energy Recovery Facility at Ardley handles all of Oxfordshire’s non-recyclable waste. The plant has a fully equipped interactive education centre which can host free visits for all school children from 8-18 years. Visits meet curriculum areas in environmental education, science, chemistry, physics, careers and more. The centre is an ideal place for Eco-Council project work on energy, waste and recycling.

For more information please visit the Viridor website or contact the Visitor Centre Manager on 01869 879488 or email on