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Castle Hill School
Newsome Road South, Newsome, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD4 6JL
Special or Alternative Provision
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 660 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 3,900 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 270,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 1,000 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last month your school used 20,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 26,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 270,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 773 years.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 32,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £720.
That's enough to buy 290 school dinners.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 26,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 270,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 38 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 240,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last month your school used 20,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 6 days.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 2 years 9 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 270,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 100 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 270,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 12 weeks
Electricity
Last month your school has used £3,000 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 600 books for the school library.
Gas
Last year your school used 540,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 110 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last year your school used 540,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 47 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 haven't yet completed any of the tasks in the Get Energised! programme
If you complete them, you will score 190 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 21 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 8.1 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £23,000?
Over the last year your school's gas use was 540,000 kWh and generated 98,000 kg CO2. This is too high. Other schools of a similar size used 230,000 kWh. Match these schools and save £11,000!
Scoreboard update
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Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.
You are in 55th place on the Yorkshire and the Humber scoreboard and 145th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | Anston Greenlands Primary School | 10 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time |
| 8th | Oasis Academy - Immingham | 10 | Clean up |
| 13th | Thorpe Hesley Primary School | 10 | Other |
| 37th | Withernsea High School | 35 | Analyse a school's solar data |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Dec 2025 | 10 | Switched off lights on sunny days |
| 18 Nov 2025 | 20 | Attended Energy Sparks training |
| 18 Nov 2025 | 30 | Review school heating timings |
| 25 Aug 2025 | 0 | Holiday turn off |
| 25 Jul 2025 | 0 | Turned off fridges and freezers in the school holidays |
| 01 Jul 2025 | 0 | Upgraded IT servers |
| 02 Apr 2025 | 10 | Checked windows are closed at the end of the day |
| 31 Mar 2025 | 10 | Switched off lights and IT equipment after school |
| 03 Mar 2025 | 10 | Added timers to printers and photocopiers |
| 31 Jul 2024 | - | Upgraded IT servers |