Sustainability is part of the RIC curriculum from year 7 upwards. Our wildlife gardens won a Kent Wildlife Trust award in 2023 and are central to our sustainability vision. Leaving spaces for nature and wildness is crucial for carbon sequestration, and the gardens are our own contribution to that. They support a range of wildlife from bees to foxes. Frogs proliferate in our pond and dragonfly larvae pupate. We have a tall tree canopy, shorter mature fruit trees, including medlar, and are letting some hedgerow plants such as hawthorn and hazel flourish.