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Eco-Schools was launched in 1994 in Denmark, Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom with the support of the European Commission. When the Foundation for Environmental Education became global in 2001, countries outside of Europe began joining the Eco-Schools programme as well. South Africa was the first country to do so.
Scotland's Evening Times ranked the Eastwood High School seventh in West Scotland in its 2009 rankings. [3] Listed in the Herald Scotland ' top fifty schools in Scotland (2011), with 21% of Eastwood High pupils achieving 5 or more Highers [4] Gained Silver award (June 2010) in the Eco Schools Scotland Award Program [5] Fair Trade School Status 2013
The organisation’s origins lie in the 1960s, with the "Beautiful Scotland in Bloom" campaign run by the Scottish Tourist Board and the Scottish Women's Rural Institute. After this, under the auspices of Keep Britain Tidy, its focus in Scotland included educating young people about the environment through the Eco-Schools programme.
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The project is funded by the Scottish Government [1] and is a collaboration between local authorities, Education Scotland and RM Education. The online portal is powered by RM Unify, a service which provides account management and the Launchpad , [ 2 ] an interface which allows users to access applications provided by the Scottish Government ...
According to the SCIS, its members educate around 29,000 pupils in Scotland representing around 4.2% of the school age population in Scotland. [5] The figure is significantly higher in Edinburgh, with around 1 in 4 pupils educated at an independent school, the highest proportion in the UK. [6] This figure has risen to 30 per cent in recent ...
In 2007 it became the first secondary school in Fife to be awarded an Eco-Schools Green Flag [2] – this reflects the staff and students commitment to the environment. In November 2011 the school successfully passed the assessment for a third Green Flag. [2] The school also achieved the Radio Forth Teacher of the Year 2011, Mrs Gordon, as a ...