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Richmond Hill Primary Academy
Melton Road, Sprotborough,
Doncaster DN5 7SB
Primary
Electricity
Last month your school has used £2,800 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 560 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last year your school used 150,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 24 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last week your school used 3,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 190,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last month your school used 19,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 24,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 3,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 20,000 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 3,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 2 years 2 months of computer games.
Electricity
Last week your school used 3,800 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 26,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last year your school used 150,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 56 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £570.
That's enough to buy 230 school dinners.
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 450 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,700 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 150,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 570 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last month your school used 19,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 6 days.
Electricity
Last year your school used 150,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 432 years.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 230 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 1,400 km.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £150.
That's enough to pay for 58 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 25 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
Gas
Last week your school used 1,300 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 610 showers.
Gas
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 11 UK homes in a year.
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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 haven't yet completed any of the tasks in the Get Energised! programme
If you complete them, you will score 190 points and 30 bonus points for completing the programme
Recent alerts
Bad News! Your school's electricity use in the Spring half term 2026 holidays has increased by 220% compared to Spring half term 2025
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 5.1 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 3.8 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £1,700?
Scoreboard update
You need to score more than 655 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 49th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24th | Scout Road Academy | 30 | Participate in an Introduction to Energy Sparks workshop |
| 43rd | St Peter & St Paul CE Primary School | 5 | Recorded indoor temperatures |
| 31st | Meltham Moor Primary School | 30 | Replaced school boiler |
| 8th | Redscope Primary School | 35 | Find out about innovative renewable energy ideas |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 02 Feb 2026 | 30 | Upgraded computers |
| 02 Feb 2026 | 30 | Upgraded whiteboards |
| 02 Feb 2026 | 20 | Winter switch off |
| 02 Feb 2026 | 10 | Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays |
| 02 Feb 2026 | 10 | Switched off fume cupboards after school |
| 02 Feb 2026 | 20 | Switched off heating at weekends |
| 30 Jan 2026 | 30 | Started a campaign to keep the doors and windows closed when the heating is on |
| 30 Jan 2026 | 10 | Provided portable heaters for staff working in the holidays |
| 30 Jan 2026 | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 30 Jan 2026 | 30 | Installed point of use electric water heaters |