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Leigh on Mendip School
That's the electricity used by 6.7 average homes in a year.
That's the energy generated by 68 solar panels in a year.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 52 years.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 2,500 km.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 740 km.
That's enough energy to boil 940 kettles.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 6 days
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 63 km.
That's enough to buy 12 school dinners.
That's enough energy to charge 7,000 smartphones.
That's enough to buy 82 books for the school library.
That's enough energy to play 4 weeks of computer games.
It will take 2.7 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 14 hours.
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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 3/10 of the tasks in the The BIG Question - How can switching off appliances help reduce our carbon footprint? programme
Complete the final 7 tasks now to score 170 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
We have limited energy data for your school. You can enter monthly consumption data to show progress against any targets set or observe changes in consumption over a longer period of time.
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 95 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 40th place on the South-West England scoreboard and 131st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | West Huntspill Primary Academy | 30 | Find out why food waste is bad for the planet |
| 34th | High Littleton Primary School | 15 | Switched off lights on sunny days |
| 5th | Writhlington School | 10 | Other relevant training |
| 16th | Preston School Academy | 20 | Activated standby mode on computers |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 2025 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - review heating timings |
| 21 Nov 2025 | 30 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 21 Nov 2025 | 35 | Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop |
| 05 Mar 2025 | 10 | Adjusted radiator thermostats |
| 14 Feb 2025 | 30 | Introduce a policy on switching off lights, computers, and other information technology equipment |
| 14 Feb 2025 | 20 | Holiday turn off |
| 10 Feb 2025 | 10 | Started a campaign to only switch on kitchen equipment when needed |
| 03 Feb 2025 | 10 | Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied? |
| 07 Jan 2025 | 20 | Set up an Energy or Eco team to lead on energy efficiency at your school |
| 01 Jan 2025 | 10 | Started working towards their energy saving target |