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John Grant School
St George's Drive, Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. NR30 5QW
Special or Alternative Provision
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,700 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's electricity use cost £950.
That's enough to buy 380 school dinners.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 2 years 8 months of computer games.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 27,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 76 years.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 3,500 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 24,000 kettles.
Solar PV
Last month your school's solar panels generated 3,500 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 1,700 showers.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £4,100 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 820 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 240,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 88 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 240,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 680 years.
Electricity
Last year your school used 240,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 34 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last week your school used 4,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 25,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 590 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 3,500 km.
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 week your school used 4,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 32,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 240,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 11 weeks
Solar PV
Last week your school's solar panels generated 550 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 4 months of computer games.
Solar PV
Last year your school's solar panels generated 27,000 kWh electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 34,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 240,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 900 solar panels in a year.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 42 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 250 km.
Gas
Last year your school used 210,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 44 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £46.
That's enough to pay for 18 school dinners.
Gas
Last week your school used 230 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 110 showers.
Gas
Last year your school used 210,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 18 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 5/8 of the tasks in the Get Energised! programme
Complete the final 3 tasks now to score 50 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your electricity usage
Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your gas usage
Holidays are almost here! But wait - last year you used 950 kWh of gas and 21,000 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 £4,200 this year.
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 19 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 13 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £11,000?
Scoreboard update
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You are in 5th place on the East of England scoreboard and 37th 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | 20 | Switched off heating for the summer |
| 22 May 2026 | 30 | Students and staff create a holiday switch off checklist |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 0 | Pupils take part in a holiday switch off |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 0 | Run a holiday switch off campaign |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 30 | Investigate whether the school's heating and hot water is switched off during the school holidays |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 30 | Talk to the caretaker about turning off the heating and hot water in the school holidays |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 0 | Pupils take part in a holiday switch off |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 0 | Pupils take part in a holiday switch off |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 0 | Pupils take part in a holiday switch off |
| 13 Feb 2026 | 0 | Pupils take part in a holiday switch off |