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Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead

Old Durham Road, Beacon Lough, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear NE9 6RZ
Secondary

Recent energy usage

Use (kWh) CO2 (kg) Cost (£) Potential savings % Change
Electricity and Solar PV Last week 9,020 1,080 £1,350 n/a +3.3%
Last year 673,000 85,300 £119,000 £30,300 n/a
Gas Last week 7,020 1,280 £211 n/a +108%
Last year Data available from Oct 2026
Electricity data: 12 Oct 2024 - 16 Aug 2026. Gas data: 17 Oct 2025 - 15 Aug 2026. How did we calculate these figures?

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Reminders

You have completed 1/7 of the tasks from your recent energy audit
Complete the others to score 150 points and 30 bonus points for completing all audit tasks

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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

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Recent alerts

Watch out - the heating or hot water is running during the current school holidays! Up to the school used 16,000 kWh of gas during this holiday, which has cost £490 and generated 3,000 kg CO2. Make sure both your heating and hot water are switched off to prevent further waste.

If you choose to leave your heating and/or hot water running, by the end of the holidays you will have used 26,000 kWh, costing £780 and generating 4,800 kg CO2.
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Watch out! Up to the school used 34,000 kWh of electricity during this holiday, which has cost £5,100 and generated 4,100 kg CO2. Make sure lights and electrical equipment are switched off to prevent further waste.

If you choose to leave electrical equipment running, by the end of the holidays you will have used 53,000 kWh, costing £8,000 and generating 6,400 kg CO2.
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Scoreboard update

You need to score more than 60 points to overtake the next school!

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You are in 16th place on the North-East England scoreboard and 161st place nationally.

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Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
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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
4th Trinity Academy Leeds 30 Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied?
11th West Cornforth Primary School 30 Analyse your school energy use - when is your school occupied?
20th Middlesbrough College 10 Started working towards their energy saving target
8th Riverside Primary School, Tyne and Wear 10 Started working towards their energy saving target

What's been going on?

A list of recent adult and pupil-led activities at this school

Date Points Activity
19 Dec 2025 30 Create and maintain a holiday switch off list
11 Dec 2025 20 Attended Energy Sparks training
08 Dec 2025 0 Received an energy audit