At Aspire Academy we are passionate about providing opportunities for our pupils to learn in outdoor spaces as well as in the classroom. Over the last two years we have been working hard to develop an outdoor learning area which contains trees, a raised pond, shrubbery and many planting areas. Pupils are encouraged to help take part in maintaining the area and ensuring it is a haven for visiting wildlife. Activities include building minibeast hotels, feeding the birds and planting fruit, vegetables and plants.
We take part in National initiatives such as one tree day and the RSPB bird watch. 
We are actively participating in the Eco schools programme which empowers young people to make a difference in their school, local community and beyond. Since 1994, millions of young people around the world have worked through the Eco-Schools Seven Steps before being recognised for their efforts with a prestigious Eco-Schools Green Flag. Schools connect their activities to the Ten Eco-Schools Topics. These topics break large, global issues like climate change into more manageable and directed themes that prompt young people to consider environmental changes that they can make in their school and everyday lives.
We were accredited with an Eco Green flag in July 2024
This year we are able to offer Forest school sessions to some pupils at Aspire working in partnership with North West Kent Countryside Partnership. This takes place onsite at Aspire and is part of our outdoor learning curriculum
"Increasing evidence through the school improvement agenda shows that learning outside the classroom increases pupil engagement, improves achievement, can progress attainment and links to improved attendance"
Professor Nicholas Gair, Chairman of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain, school governor and author of Outdoor Education: theory and practice (1997)