School Comparison Tool

This tool allows you to compare the energy performance of a number of schools within a Local Authority group or across the whole of Energy Sparks. The aim is to allow you to identify the best and worst performing schools to provide examples of best practice and to identify the schools needing the most support to improve their energy management.

Benchmark list, All benchmarks on a single page

School groups

Bath and NE Somerset

Durham

East Sussex

Girls Day School Trust

Highland

Oxfordshire

Pembrokeshire

Sheffield

Somerset

Swansea

Wellsway MAT

Scoreboards

Bath area scoreboard

Durham schools scoreboard

East Sussex schools scoreboard

Girls Day School Trust scoreboard

Highland schools scoreboard

Oxfordshire schools scoreboard

Pembrokshire schools scoreboard

Sheffield schools scoreboard

Somerset schools scoreboard

Swansea schools scoreboard

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Change in annual CO2 emissions since last year

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This benchmark compares the change in annual CO2 emissions between the last two years. All CO2 is expressed in kg (kilograms).

School name	CO2 (previous year)	CO2 (last year)	Change in annual CO2
Saltford C of E Primary School	87,100
Aspire Academy	26,500	21,800	-18%
IKB Academy	16,200	10,800	-33%
Wellsway School	117,000	72,500	-38%
Sir Bernard Lovell Academy	127,000	72,100	-43%

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Breakdown of CO2 emissions change since last year

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This chart provides a breakdown of the change in CO2 emissions between electricity, gas and solar PV, and allows you to see which has increased and decreased.

Generally an increase in solar PV production between last year and the year before, would lead to a reduction in CO2 emissions in the chart below, as the more electricity is produced by a school's solar PV panels the less CO2 a school emits overall.

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The solar PV CO2 columns in the table below are emissions the school saves from consuming electricity produced by its solar panels, and the benefit to the national grid from exporting surplus electricity. It's negative because it reduces the school's overall carbon emissions. The solar CO2 is calculated as the output of the panels times the carbon intensity of the national grid at the time of the output (half hour periods). So for example a reduction in CO2 offset by the school's panels from one year to the next doesn't necessarily imply a loss of performance of the panels but potentially a decarbonisation of the grid. As the grid decarbonises solar PV will gradually have a lower impact on reducing a school's carbon emissions, but conversely the school's carbon emissions from grid consumption will be lower.

School name	Electricity CO2 (previous year)	Electricity CO2 (last year)	Change in annual electricity CO2 (excluding solar)	Gas CO2 (previous year)	Gas CO2 (last year)	Change in annual gas CO2	Storage Heater CO2 (previous year)	Storage Heater CO2 (last year)	Change in annual storage heater CO2	Solar PV CO2 (previous year)	Solar PV CO2 (last year)	Change in annual solar PV CO2	Overall change
Saltford C of E Primary School	32,200	18,800	-41%	54,900		no recent data
Aspire Academy	26,500	21,800	-18%										-18%
IKB Academy	16,200	10,800	-33%										-33%
Wellsway School	117,000	72,500	-38%										-38%
Sir Bernard Lovell Academy	127,000	72,100	-43%										-43%