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Cromer Academy
Norwich Road
Cromer
Norfolk NR27 0EX
Secondary
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 530 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 250 showers.
Electricity
Last month your school used 26,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 34,000 km.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 25,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 71 years.
Electricity
Last week your school used 6,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 32,000 km.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 530 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 3,500 kettles.
Electricity
Last month your school used 26,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 8 days.
Electricity
Last week your school used 6,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 300,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last week your school used 6,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 3 years 5 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 940 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 5,500 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 200,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 770 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 200,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 583 years.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £1,300.
That's enough to buy 530 school dinners.
Electricity
Last year your school used 200,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 31 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £5,800 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 1,200 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 200,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 76 average homes in a year.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 25,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 32,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 6,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 41,000 kettles.
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 95 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 3 weeks of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 200,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 9 weeks
Gas
Last year your school used 280,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 24 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last week your school used 6,200 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 3,000 showers.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 1,100 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 6,700 km.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £1,800.
That's enough to pay for 710 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 280,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 58 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
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Reminders
Measure classroom temperatures to find out whether you should turn down the heating to save energy
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
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 17,000 kWh of gas and 4,200 kWh of electricity in the Spring half term 2025 holidays. Quick - ask your Site Manager to turn off your heating, hot water and electrical appliances to save around £1,600 this year.
Whoa - last week the amount of electricity you use overnight increased. If this keeps happening it will cost you £3,200 more over the next year. Time to investigate, Energy Team!
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 520 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 10th place on the East of England scoreboard and 56th 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.
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 2026 | 30 | Pupils talk to the school caretaker about improving heating controls |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 10 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 30 | Appoint pupil energy monitors in all classes |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 30 | Pupils and staff set an energy reduction target |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 30 | Completed a programme |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 20 | Review and reflect/ Follow up check |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 10 | Investigate the school's thermostats |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 30 | Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off |
| 15 Jan 2026 | 30 | Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 20 | Winter switch off |