King’s Worcester Achieves Prestigious Green Flag Award
King's Worcester's Eco Committee is celebrating after receiving the news that its hard work has earned the school the prestigious Eco-Schools Green Flag accreditation, joining Prep Schools King’s St Alban’s and King’s Hawford
Eco-Schools is the world’s largest schools’ environmental programme, and the accreditation is awarded to schools that show a particularly strong commitment to making the school more environmentally friendly and raising eco-awareness.
Since its launch in September 2024, the pupil-led committee has embarked on a number of sustainability projects around the school, with the aim of creating a greener environment for the King’s community. Focusing on three themes – waste, biodiversity and global citizenship – the committee has planned and introduced the projects alongside senior school teacher, Adam Jackson, Director of Operations, Adam Winter, and catering company, Thomas Franks.
These have included the ‘Food Waste Challenge’, which has encouraged pupils to throw away less food at lunch times, as well as a poster challenge to raise awareness of how to reduce food waste. In the school gardens, biodiversity surveys, using apps including Merlin and Picture This, have identified plants and wildlife and informed exciting plans to improve the areas through rewilding.
The committee has also installed a hedgehog house, bug houses, new bird tables, and seven new bird boxes made by one of the committee members.
The committee members have worked with school staff on real-world projects, as well as with local organisations including Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, Worcester Cathedral’s Eco-Committee, city-centre shop, ‘Pack It In’, and EnviroSort recycling centre. The committee has also been instrumental in introducing more sustainability topics to PSHE lessons, advising on new areas which now include fast fashion and waste reduction.
Teacher, Adam Jackson, said: '
We know that sustainability is a topic close to many pupils’ hearts; a survey in March 2025 showed that 71% of senior school pupils reported environmental issues as being quite or very important to them. I’m delighted that the committee’s hard work has not only been recognised with this award, but has also made a real and lasting difference to the King’s community.'
October 2025