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Hillcrest Academy
Cowper Street, Leeds LS7 4DR
Primary
Electricity
Last year your school used 150,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 580 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £870.
That's enough to buy 350 school dinners.
Electricity
Last month your school used 13,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 17,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 12 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last year your school used 150,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 439 years.
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 87,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last year your school used 150,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 7 weeks
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 180 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 1,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £6,500 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 1,300 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 150,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 57 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last month your school used 13,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 4 days.
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 9,300 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 1,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 12,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 150,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 22 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Gas
Last year your school used 230,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 20 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £110.
That's enough to pay for 44 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 230,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 48 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 130 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 780 km.
Gas
Last week your school used 720 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 350 showers.
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Recent alerts
Bad News! Your school's electricity use in the Summer 2026 holidays has increased by 4.2% compared to Summer 2025
Whoa - last week the amount of electricity you use overnight increased. If this keeps happening it will cost you £5,100 more over the next year. Time to investigate, Energy Team!
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 360 points to overtake the next school!
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You are in 38th place on the Yorkshire and the Humber scoreboard and 104th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | The Mallard Academy | 30 | Upgraded computers |
| 54th | Oasis Academy - Watermead | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 21st | Carr Lodge Academy | 10 | Switched off lights on sunny days |
| 2nd | Redscope Primary School | 30 | Comprehensive review of boiler control settings |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun 2026 | 35 | Turn off the heating for the summer |
| 01 Jun 2026 | 30 | Pupils talk to the school caretaker about improving heating controls |
| 20 Apr 2026 | 30 | Design posters to remind pupils to not waste food |
| 22 Feb 2026 | 30 | Started a whole school switch-off campaign |
| 04 Jan 2026 | 20 | Review and reflect/ Follow up check |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 10 | Started a campaign to only switch on kitchen equipment when needed |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 20 | Switched off heating in school holidays |
| 09 Nov 2025 | 10 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time |
| 03 Nov 2025 | 30 | Investigate whether the school's heating and hot water is switched off during the school holidays |