School Interactive Doughnut Assessment Tool
Interactive tool specifically helping schools and trusts assess where they sit within the Doughnut Economics framework.
Posted by Matthew Sutton on August, 11, 2026
Last updated: August, 11, 2026
An interactive, browser-based self-assessment tool that adapts Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics framework for individual schools and multi-academy trusts. It walks users through all 21 dimensions of the doughnut — 12 social foundation dimensions (e.g. wellbeing, equity, community voice) and 9 ecological ceiling dimensions (e.g. energy, waste, biodiversity) — using a series of straightforward yes/partial/no questions tailored to a school context.
As questions are answered, the tool generates a live visual "doughnut" diagram showing where the school currently sits: falling short of the social foundation, overshooting the ecological ceiling, or operating within the safe and just space. Each dimension also comes with a written rationale (why it matters, local school context) and a "consequence chain" linking local decisions to their wider global impacts, referencing sources including Raworth (2012, 2017), Fanning & Raworth (2025, Nature), and the DEAL Quick Participatory Doughnut Portrait methodology.
Practical features include full school branding customisation, a traffic-light overview panel for at-a-glance results, session save/load (as JSON, so an assessment can be paused and resumed), and one-click PDF export of a full dimension-by-dimension reference guide for staff or governors.
It's designed to make the Doughnut Economics framework — usually applied at city or national scale — practical and self-contained for a single school or trust, without needing external facilitation.
