Oxfordshire Schools Sustainability Network
Bringing students and teachers together to discuss responses and solutions to sustainability CHALLENGES.
2026 - 2027 events and opportunities
Teacher in person meet up | 20th July 2026.
Teacher online meet up | 9th September 2026 | 4:30 - 5:30pm
An opportunity for Oxfordshire teachers, SLT and Governors to share updates, ambitions, ideas and offer support to each other. Introducing the project to design a KS3 Pre-GCSENH curriculum.
Supporting your EPQ | 1st October 2026 | 4:00 - 6:30pm (arrive between 4 and 4.30) | In Person event | Oxford University School of Geography and Environment | For school students who sign up to OxSSN or come with teachers from their school.
OxCOP | 9th November 2026 | 10:00am - 14:30pm | Oxford Town Hall | For groups of students to join with a teacher from their school and form a team. Contact us for more details.
Growing Together: Sharing Our Practice, Progress, and Possibilities - a follow up for teachers and others who participated in the Collaborative Conference held in June 2026 | 19th November 2026, 4:30 - 5:30pm - Online.
Post school options for sustainability education and training: 26th November 2026, 4:00 - 6:30pm - Trinity Garden Room. For Students and Teachers.
Teacher in person meet up after the Trinity meeting | 26th November 2026, 6:30 - 7:30pm.
Teacher online meet up: Sharing progress and successes: focus on climate in the curriculum. With some nature and climate literacy thrown in. What does net zero actually mean? | 14th January 2027, 4:30 - 5:30pm - Online.
Sustainable Food Systems: 28th January 2027, 4:00 - 6:30pm - Oxford University School of Geography East Lab. For Students and Teachers.
Managing your wellbeing through nature and creativity: 11th March 2027, 4:00 - 6:30pm - Trinity Garden Room. For Students and Teachers.
Teacher in person meet up after the Trinity meeting: 11th March 2027, 6:30 - 7:30pm.
Teacher online meet up: Updates, ambitions, mutual support. Focus on nature education: 27th April 2027, 4:30 - 5:30pm - Online.
Building skills for a sustainable economy: 13th May 2027, 4:00 - 6:30pm - Oxford University School of Geography East Lab. For Students and Teachers.
Teacher social and nature connection and education practicals: 17th June 2027, 6:00 - 8:00pm - Location TBC.
Where and When
Meetings are usually after school, 4.00 pm (arrive between 4.00 and 4.30) to 6.30 pm. Our current indoor venues are the Oxford University School of Geography and Environment, and Trinity College on alternate events. The Geography building entrance is in the University Science Area on Hinshelwood Road accessed from South Parks Road. Trinity College entrance is on Broad Street, OX1 3BH, opposite the turn into Turl St.
"Really useful talking to students who can tell me about various careers that they are thinking of to do with ecology and conservation. Also comforting knowing it's normal to be unsure at this point about what i want to do, and that I'll be able to drift around and try out various fields. Everyone was really friendly and encouraging" Student attending the discussions with Undergraduates in May 2024
"this was a good opportunity to get to chat with people with deep interest in climate change but in wide aspects. It shows me that climate change inter-connects with so many stuffs, emphasising the scale of its impact and the need of involvement from many stakeholders. I hope there will be more activities. Hoping that today's event will reflect that there are students that are keen on this topic and wish that they can make some changes." Student attending the May 2024 discussions with undergraduates.
"OxSSN rejuvenated my motivation for climate careers and it was really inspiring talking to university students and professionals in the field. Events like this one are so important for connecting climate movements across schools and organisations!"
ABOUT OxSSN
OxSSN is led by Phoebe Mortimer, Sustainability Lead for the River Learning Trust and an English teacher at Cheney School in Oxford; Megan Murray-Pepper, until recently a teacher and sustainability lead at Magdalen College School, and now independent sustainability educator; Lydia Wainwright, Sustainability Lead at Magdalen College School; and Kim Polgreen, a sustainability educator.
Our purpose is to support school students in the face of the climate and biodiversity challenge they face in their lives; to help them understand, prepare, and find a role within the future economy. We are running events to bring the students together, to share thoughts, ideas, and learning.
We are really grateful for support from the Oxford University Department of Education, the Oxford University School of Geography and Environment, the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery at Oxford University, Trinity College Oxford, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, the Oxford Climate Society, and the Oxford University Nature Conservation Society.
To get on our mailing list, email kim.polgreen@oxfordearthacademy.org.