Hilton Spencer Academy

Peacroft Lane, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire DE65 5GH
Primary

Recent energy usage

Use (kWh) CO2 (kg) Cost (£) Potential savings % Change
Electricity and Solar PV Last week 4,210 555 £1,220 n/a +112%
Last year 154,000 19,400 £44,600 £10,100 -1.9%
Gas Last week 11,600 2,110 £614 n/a -12%
Last year Data available from Oct 2025
Electricity data: 28 Jul 2021 - 7 Mar 2025. Gas data: 4 Oct 2024 - 8 Mar 2025. How did we calculate these figures?

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Please note that your gas data is estimated between November 30th - December 10th 2024 due to a change in supplier.

Please note that your Trust's gas data is estimated between the 28th of February and 31st of March 2024 due to a data issue with your previous supplier

You have completed 6/10 of the tasks in the The BIG Question - How can switching off appliances help reduce our carbon footprint? programme
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Unfortunately you are not meeting your target to reduce your electricity usage

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Bad News!  Your school's electricity use in the Spring half term 2025 holidays has increased by 0.64% compared to Spring half term 2024. Between Saturday 15 Feb 2025 and Sunday 23 Feb 2025 you used 2,400 kWh at a cost of £700. This is an increase of 15 kWh compared to the same period in the holidays last year and released an extra 58 kg CO2.

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Last week the school's electricity baseload was 29% more than the average over the last year. If this continues it will cost £6,200 more over the next year. 

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You are in 32nd place on the East Midlands scoreboard and 74th 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
13th Charnwood College 30 Switched off heating in school holidays
6th Brocks Hill Primary School 30 Switched off heating in school holidays
3rd Stokes Wood Primary School 15 Other
1st St John's C of E Academy, Worksop 10 Run a regular assembly about saving energy

What's been going on?

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

Date Points Activity
12 Feb 2025 30 Completed all energy audit activities
12 Feb 2025 30 Completed a programme
10 Feb 2025 10 Use appliance monitors to understand the energy use of individual appliances
23 Jul 2024 30 Switched off heating in school holidays
23 Jul 2024 20 Holiday turn off
23 Jul 2024 30 Switched off heating for the summer
23 Jul 2024 30 Switched off hot water in school holidays
28 Jun 2024 30 Completed a programme
27 Jun 2024 10 Analyse a school's solar data
27 Jun 2024 30 Run a campaign to switch off electrical equipment overnight