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Cardinal Newman Catholic School

The Upper Drive BN3 6ND
Secondary

Electricity

Last week your school used 9,900 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to play 6 years of computer games.

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Electricity

Last week your school used 9,900 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to drive an electric car 52,000 km.

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Electricity

Last week your school used 9,900 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to charge 490,000 smartphones.

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Solar PV

Last year your school's solar panels generated 340,000 kWh electricity. 

That's enough energy to drive an electric car 430,000 km.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 670,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's the energy generated by 2,500 solar panels in a year.

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Solar PV

Last week your school's solar panels generated 13,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to play 8 years of computer games.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 670,000 kWh of electricity.

That's the electricity used by 250 average homes in a year.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 670,000 kWh of electricity. 

It will take 96 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 670,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1906 years.

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Solar PV

Last year your school's solar panels generated 340,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 957 years.

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Electricity

Last week your school used 9,900 kWh of electricity. 

That's enough energy to boil 66,000 kettles.

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Electricity

Last year your school used 670,000 kWh of electricity. 

That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 7 months

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Electricity

Last week your school's electricity use cost £2,300. 

That's enough to buy 920 school dinners.

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Electricity

Last week your school's electricity use generated 1,200 kg of carbon dioxide. 

That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 6,900 km.

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Gas

Last week your school's gas use generated 1,000 kg of carbon dioxide. 

That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 6,100 km.

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Gas

Last week your school used 5,700 kWh of gas. 

That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 2,700 showers. 

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Gas

Last year your school used 1,000,000 kWh of gas. 

It will take 220 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.

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Gas

Last year your school used 1,000,000 kWh of gas. 

That's the gas used by 91 UK homes in a year.

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Electricity and Solar PV

Gas

Reminders

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Well done, you are making progress towards achieving your target to reduce your electricity usage!

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Well done, you are making progress towards achieving your target to reduce your gas usage!

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Holidays are almost here!  But wait - last year you used 37,000 kWh of gas and 34,000 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 £9,200 this year.
Bad News!  Your school's electricity use in the Summer 2026 holidays has increased by 81% compared to Summer 2025
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You are in 27th place on the South-East England scoreboard and 165th 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.

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Place School Points Activity
1st Priory Rise School 10 Provided portable heaters for staff working in the holidays
1st Priory Rise School 10 Other
1st Priory Rise School 10 Introduce a new staff member to Energy Sparks
21st St Bartholomew's School 30 Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied?

What's been going on?

A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school

All activities

Date Points Activity
17 Sep 2025 30 Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school
14 Jan 2025 10 Pupils meet with the headteacher and school governors to create an energy policy
02 Dec 2024 5 Recorded indoor temperatures
25 Nov 2024 5 Recorded indoor temperatures
01 Nov 2024 10 Started working towards their energy saving target
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures
21 Oct 2024 - Recorded indoor temperatures

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