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Barley Croft Primary School
Solar PV
That's enough energy to play 10 weeks of computer games.
Electricity
That's enough energy to boil 14,000 kettles.
Electricity
That's the electricity used by 39 average homes in a year.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 weeks
Electricity
That's enough energy to charge 100,000 smartphones.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 days.
Electricity
That's the energy generated by 390 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
That's enough to buy 330 books for the school library.
Solar PV
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 24,000 km.
Electricity
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 1,100 km.
Electricity
That's enough energy to play 14 months of computer games.
Electricity
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 11,000 km.
Solar PV
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 740 showers.
Electricity
It will take 15 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Solar PV
That's enough energy to boil 10,000 kettles.
Electricity
That's enough to buy 120 school dinners.
Electricity
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 297 years.
Solar PV
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 54 years.
Electricity
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 14,000 km.
Gas
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 1,200 showers.
Gas
That's enough to pay for 310 school dinners.
Gas
It will take 47 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,700 km.
Gas
That's the gas used by 20 UK homes in a year.
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Measure classroom temperatures to find out whether you should turn down the heating to save energy
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You need to score more than 320 points to overtake the next school!
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You are in 16th place on the East Midlands scoreboard and 92nd place nationally.
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Recent activity on your scoreboard
Schools score points by recording their activities to investigate their energy use, learning about energy, and taking energy saving actions around their school.
| Place | School | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28th | Greenstone Primary School | 30 | Create and maintain a holiday switch off list |
| 2nd | Highcliffe Primary School | 10 | Investigate the school's thermostats |
| 9th | Wyvern Primary School | 30 | Upgraded IT servers |
| 4th | Asterdale Primary School | 20 | Activated standby mode on computers |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 2026 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |
| 11 Feb 2026 | 10 | Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays |
| 09 Feb 2026 | 30 | Upgraded interior lights to LED |
| 27 Jan 2026 | 30 | Added insulation to hot water tanks and pipes |
| 26 Jan 2026 | 20 | Changed central heating operating times |
| 12 Jan 2026 | 30 | Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off |
| 14 Oct 2025 | 30 | Analyse a school's solar data |
| 01 Oct 2025 | 30 | Upgraded interior lights to LED |
| 01 Oct 2025 | 30 | Run a campaign to switch off electrical equipment overnight |
| 30 Sep 2025 | 30 | Upgraded security lights to PIR movement detectors |