Two years ago the government promised to make the education sector a “world leader” in environmental sustainability.
But the National Audit Office (NAO) says the policies won’t “make a contribution towards achieving government’s overall goal” of slashing emissions by three-quarters by 2037, before net zero in 2050.
In a damning report published in June, the spending watchdog called for changes to be “rolled out at a much larger scale, and relatively soon”.
So what’s going on? Schools Week investigates…
