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Bishop Fox's School
Bishop Fox Drive, Taunton, Somerset TA1 3HQ
Secondary
Electricity
Last month your school has used £5,000 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 1,000 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 57,000 kettles.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 2,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 18,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last month your school used 33,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 43,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 920 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 5,400 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 4 years 10 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last month your school used 33,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 10 days.
Electricity
Last year your school used 360,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 130 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 360,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 54 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 45,000 km.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 20,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 26,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 360,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 4 months
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,400 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 420,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last year your school used 360,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 1,400 solar panels in a year.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 20,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 57 years.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £1,300.
That's enough to buy 510 school dinners.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 760 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 5 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 360,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1039 years.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 2,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 1,300 showers.
Gas
Last year your school used 620,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 130 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last year your school used 620,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 54 UK homes in a year.
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Reminders
Start a transport survey so that you can find out how much carbon your school community generates by travelling to school
You have completed 2/10 of the tasks in the The BIG Question - How can switching off appliances help reduce our carbon footprint? programme
Complete the final 8 tasks now to score 200 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your electricity usage
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 11,000 kWh of gas and 17,000 kWh of electricity in the Summer 2025 holidays. Quick - ask your Site Manager to turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £2,900 this year.
Whoa - last week the amount of electricity you use overnight increased. If this keeps happening it will cost you £12,000 more over the next year. Time to investigate, Energy Team!
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 1675 points to overtake the next school!
Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.
You are in 4th place on the South-West England scoreboard and 21st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27th | St Mary's Primary School, Purton | 20 | Switched off heating at weekends |
| 3rd | St Katherine's School | 10 | Cleaned windows to reduce need for lighting |
| 5th | Writhlington School | 30 | Turn the school heating down by 1°C |
| 8th | Buckler's Mead School | 30 | Upgraded interior lights to LED |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 14 May 2026 | - | Started a transport survey |
| 16 Mar 2026 | - | Started a transport survey |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 10 | Fight food waste at home |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 30 | Pupils take part in a holiday switch off |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 30 | Create and maintain a holiday switch off list |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 30 | Run a holiday switch off campaign |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 10 | Provided portable heaters for staff working in the holidays |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 20 | Switched off heating in school holidays |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 20 | Winter switch off |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 30 | Run a themed event focused on energy use |