ST ANDREWS ACADEMY DOES RENFREWSHIRE PROUD WITH PRESTIOGIOUS AWARD

- St Andrew’s pupils visits Wendy in the Scottish Parliament -

St Andrew’s Academy in Paisley has received the prestigious Green Flag Award for Eco Schools. The school already has the Bronze and Silver Eco awards with the Green Flag being their latest achievement. St Andrew’s goes one step further being the only mainstream secondary school in Renfrewshire as well as East Renfrewshire to receive this noble award. It is fair to say that everyone in Renfrewshire are very proud of the endeavours the school undertook to gain the highest award for Eco Schools including local MSP Wendy Alexander to who invited the school to visit the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday to hear the final stages of the climate change debate.

Wendy said:

“I think I speak for everyone in Renfrewshire when I say many congratulations to all the students and staff involved in receiving the Green Flag Award. Their enormous efforts have been justly awarded and I hope other schools can look at the way St Andrew’s have achieved this award and inspire them to follow suit.”

Pupils visited Wendy in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday so they could see the final stages of the debate on the Climate Change Bill, the most advanced piece of legislation on climate change in Europe.

“I was delighted to see the pupils from St Andrew’s in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday and I do hope that they enjoyed the debate in the chamber. Their actions that led St Andrew’s to receive the Green Flag Award is keeping with the ambitions of the Climate Change Bill. St Andrew’s have shown what we can do locally to save Scotland’s environment.”