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The Mallard Academy
Cedar Rd, Balby, Doncaster DN4 9HU
Primary
Electricity
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the electricity used by 44 average homes in a year.
Electricity
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by 450 solar panels in a year.
Electricity
Last month your school used 10,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy needed to drive a petrol car 13,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of electricity.
It will take 17 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this electricity was generated.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,300 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to charge 120,000 smartphones.
Electricity
Last month your school used 10,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 3 days.
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use cost £440.
That's enough to buy 170 school dinners.
Electricity
Last month your school has used £1,900 of electricity.
That's enough to buy 390 books for the school library.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,300 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to drive an electric car 12,000 km.
Electricity
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to run a modern television continuously for 340 years.
Electricity
Last year your school used 120,000 kWh of electricity.
That's the energy generated by a UK onshore wind turbine in 5 weeks
Electricity
Last week your school's electricity use generated 320 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 1,900 km.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,300 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to boil 15,000 kettles.
Electricity
Last week your school used 2,300 kWh of electricity.
That's enough energy to play 16 months of computer games.
Gas
Last week your school's gas use generated 490 kg of carbon dioxide.
That's the same amount of carbon dioxide generated when you drive a petrol car 2,900 km.
Gas
Last month your school's gas use cost £830.
That's enough to pay for 330 school dinners.
Gas
Last year your school used 310,000 kWh of gas.
That's the gas used by 27 UK homes in a year.
Gas
Last week your school used 2,700 kWh of gas.
That's enough energy to heat the hot water for 1,300 showers.
Gas
Last year your school used 310,000 kWh of gas.
It will take 65 trees, each living 40 years, to absorb the carbon dioxide released when this gas was burnt.
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Reminders
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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
Oh No! Term time gas use has increased costing an extra £41 each week. Check whether heating thermostats are set to 18°C to save energy.
Hey Team! - The amount of electricity your school uses overnight is high. Over the last year you used on average 7.9 kW. In other schools like yours (similar number of pupils), this baseload is 3 kW. Can you bring your baseload down, and save the school £8,200?
Scoreboard update
Complete our recommended activities and actions to score points, win prizes and start reducing your energy usage.
You are in 1st place on the Yorkshire and the Humber scoreboard and 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17th | Malet Lambert | 20 | Switched off hot water in school holidays |
| 5th | Edlington Victoria Academy | 10 | Carry out a spot check to see if lights or electrical items are left on at lunch time |
| 20th | Bolton Brow Academy | 30 | Create an energy saving display |
| 48th | Sirius Academy North | 30 | Analyse a school's solar data |
What's been going on?
A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school
| Date | Points | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 08 May 2026 | 30 | Students and staff create a holiday switch off checklist |
| 08 May 2026 | 30 | Use appliance monitors to understand the energy use of individual appliances |
| 08 May 2026 | 0 | Introduced a policy on reducing energy and resource use for printing and photocopying. |
| 16 Apr 2026 | 20 | Switched off for the summer! |
| 15 Apr 2026 | 30 | Completed a programme |
| 14 Apr 2026 | 0 | Turned off water chillers and hot drink boilers in the school holidays |
| 14 Apr 2026 | 30 | BMS (Building Management System) optimisation |
| 14 Apr 2026 | 10 | Carry out non-energy environmental actions around school |
| 14 Apr 2026 | 30 | Pupils talk to the school business or estate manager about improving the efficiency of school lighting |
| 14 Apr 2026 | 30 | Plan and run a campaign to switch off lights and use natural light on sunny days |