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Visit our website to sign up to the campaign.

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Cooler Schools Campaign — Retrofit Action for Tomorrow

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This summer term, Retrofit Action for Tomorrow (RAFT) are launching a campaign to raise awareness of overheating in schools and are providing knowledge and resources to help schools to beat the heat.

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Climate change is causing school buildings to get hotter and hotter each year, impacting students and staff! Follow this guidance to #BeatTheHeat this summer term.

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RAFT Cooler Schools - beat the heat resource R01

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Post images of your bingo card actions on social media using the hashtag #WeWantCoolerSchools or on the Cooler Schools Padlet, to raise awareness about overheating in schools!

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Shade the UK - Overheating Adaptation Guide for Homes

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Shade the UK - Overheating Adaptation Guide for Homes

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Overheating Adaptation Guide for Homes — Shade the UK

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Shade the UK, commissioned by the British Red Cross, have developed a new resource: The Overheating Adaptation Guide for Homes.

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To share your stories on this Cooler Schools Padlet page, click on the + button in the 'post your overheating stories column'. In the pop up, add your school name to the title (or you are welcome to post anonymously- please give us a region instead e.g. London School), upload photos if you have some, and add your story to the text box below. Then press post!

Please ensure that you have the necessary photo permissions in place from your pupils and staff to be posting photos on this page.

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Heatwave Toolkit - Solutions for a UK Heat Emergency

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Heatwave Toolkit - Solutions for a UK Heat Emergency

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Heatwave Toolkit - Solutions for a UK Heat Emergency

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Heatwave Toolkit - Solutions for a UK Heat Emergency

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This summer term, RAFT are launching a campaign to raise awareness of overheating in schools and are providing knowledge and resources to help schools to beat the heat.

Why is it an issue?

Overheating is a critical issue for schools, impacting on teaching, learning, health, and wellbeing, particularly during exam periods.

Most school buildings lack resilience to rising temperatures and climate change, with a recent Department for Education report stating that 'in the longer term, without the implementation of any adaptation measures, students could potentially lose up to 12 days of learning per year on average, as a result of generally warmer temperatures and not just from extreme heat.'

What can we do?

Our Cooler Schools campaign aims to bring the issue of overheating and lack of funding available for adaptation measures in schools onto the agenda, by encouraging schools to share their stories. On social media, look for and share using #WeWantCoolerSchools.

Schools can sign up to the campaign and visit the Cooler Schools Padlet page for resources, where RAFT offer guidance on quick, low or no-cost, and passive strategies that schools can deploy to improve their comfort.

RAFT have produced a Theory of Change, below, and we will collate your posts and stories to build an evidence base and campaign to advocate for change. Stay tuned for our next steps.

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Compendium of adaptation and resilience measures for schools

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Compendium of adaptation and resilience measures for schools

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Shading for Housing- Design guide for a changing climate

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Shading for Housing- Design guide for a changing climate

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Example story - During the recent heatwave, one of our south facing classrooms reached 32degrees. We took our students outside to learn under the trees in the playground instead, as it was cooler there.

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If you like, download and use this template to post your images on social media.

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RAFT Cooler Schools Post Template - Powerpoint

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So today the school advised all parents not to send their children to school due to The Red Alert the next 3 days. Exams have been cancelled and workshops and parents forced to take emergency leave. My daughter has been working towards her art exams for weeks and is disappointed and stuck with what to do in this heat. She says her maths room is so hot that this is the room they avoid using first and foremost. The school is lucky though it has a forest and green space with plenty of grass not heavy concrete so it stays cooler outside than for most children. But it an old Victorian or older building with no ventilation some rooms have large tall windows you can open a bit but schools don't like too many windows open on higher floors and glass is bright and light but also just attracts the heat. Materials are modern and clinical to cope with heavy duty requirements but not friendly to heat.

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We're a new type of school on a mission to positively change the way we educate our children in the UK

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Testing - can anyone post anything here?