Thorplands Primary School & Nursery

Farm Field Court, Thorplands, Northampton NN3 8AQ
Primary

Recent energy usage

Use (kWh) CO2 (kg) Cost (£) Potential savings % Change
Electricity Last week no recent data
Last year Data available from May 2025
Gas Last week 3,580 654 £107 n/a +4.3%
Last year 139,000 25,300 £4,160 £1,100 n/a
Electricity data: 13 May 2024 - 26 Jan 2025. Gas data: 24 Sep 2023 - 20 Feb 2025. How did we calculate these figures?

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Please note that there may be a lag with your data due to your recent change in supplier. We are working with your new supplier to try and backfill any gaps and reinstate your data.

Due to a change of supplier for both utilities, recent gas & electricity data is delayed. We are in touch with the new supplier.

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Recent alerts

Watch out - the heating or hot water is running during the current school holidays! Up to Thursday 20 Feb 2025 the school used 570 kWh of gas during this holiday, which has cost £17 and generated 100 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 710 kWh, costing £21 and generating 130 kg CO2.

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Your electricity data is out of date. Energy Sparks is working with your energy contract manager and energy supplier to fix this problem

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You are in 26th place on the East Midlands scoreboard and 65th place nationally.

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Thorplands Primary School & Nursery
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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 Sunnyside Spencer Academy - Run an assembly about food waste at your school
2nd Sunnyside Spencer Academy - Review and reflect/ Follow up check
2nd Sunnyside Spencer Academy - Do a creative activity themed around energy saving
24th Barley Croft Primary School 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
25 Nov 2024 5 Appoint pupil energy monitors in all classes
18 Nov 2024 10 Switched off lights and IT equipment after school
18 Nov 2024 5 Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off
18 Nov 2024 30 Introduce a policy on switching off lights, computers, and other information technology equipment
04 Nov 2024 30 Changed central heating operating times
01 Nov 2024 0 Started working towards their energy saving target
01 Oct 2024 10 Fixed dripping hot taps
29 Apr 2024 30 Switched off heating for the summer
15 Apr 2024 5 Label lights and appliances to show which should be left on or turned off
19 Feb 2024 30 Upgraded interior lights to LED