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John Smeaton Academy
Barwick Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS15 8TA
Secondary
Electricity
Last year your school used 430,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 1221 years.
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 4 years 11 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 430,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 930 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 430,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 4 months
Electricity
Last year your school used 430,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 1,600 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 58,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 430,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 62 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last month your school used 39,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 12 days.
Electricity
Last week your school used 8,700 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 46,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school used 39,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 50,000 km.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £19,000 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 3,900 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 430,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 160 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £4,300.
That's enough to buy 1,700 school dinners.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £420.
That's enough to pay for 170 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 590,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 120 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last year your school used 590,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 51 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 480 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,800 km.
Gas
Last week your school used 2,600 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 1,200 showers.
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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
It's time to choose a new programme of activities. What challenge will you take on next?
Recent alerts
Well done, you are making progress towards achieving 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 8,400 kWh of gas and 33,000 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 £17,000 this year.
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 30 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 12 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £78,000?
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 810 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 21st place on the Yorkshire and the Humber scoreboard and 53rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | New College Doncaster | 30 | Upgraded IT servers |
| 2nd | Redscope Primary School | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 4th | Edlington Victoria Academy | 10 | Introduce a new staff member to Energy Sparks |
| 3rd | Sandringham Primary School | 10 | Measure classroom temperatures |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | 30 | Completed a programme |
| 24 Jun 2026 | 35 | BMS (Building Management System) optimisation |
| 01 Jun 2026 | 25 | Review and reflect/ Follow up check |
| 01 May 2026 | 50 | Wrote an energy action plan for your school |
| 02 Apr 2026 | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 01 Apr 2026 | 35 | Installed point of use electric water heaters |
| 01 Apr 2026 | 35 | Added insulation to hot water tanks and pipes |
| 30 Mar 2026 | 30 | Create and maintain a holiday switch off list |
| 02 Mar 2026 | 30 | Wrote a policy on transportation to school |
| 02 Mar 2026 | 30 | Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school |