Worried about ever increasing energy bills in your school? Want to become a more eco-friendly, sustainable school but not sure where to start? Then the LESS CO2 programme is for you!
LESS CO2 focuses on energy and carbon savings, making our schools more sustainable through simple behavioural changes and retrofits.
LESS CO2 links schools within an area together into a geographically close ‘cluster’. Each cluster brings together teachers, bursars and school managers for a year-long energy saving programme that includes workshops covering energy saving, from recording meter readings to behaviour change for staff and students, and incorporating energy-related sustainability issues into the curriculum.
The sessions are typically led by teachers or representatives from schools that have won an Ashden Award. We know that schools learn best from hearing the experiences of other schools – this is the key to the success of LESS CO2.
As well as saving energy and money, LESS CO2 helps children in primary and secondary schools take more responsibility in the running of their school and makes students and staff more aware of the impact they have, through the use of energy, on the environment.
Participating in the LESS CO2 workshops has been really beneficial for our school. It has helped us to focus on some key behavioural changes to drive cost savings and reduce wastage. I would recommend to other schools.
Primary School Business Manager,
Brighton LESS CO2 cluster
How to get involved
Information for schools
As an individual school, there are a number of options of how to be part of the LESS CO2 programme. This may depend on whether an existing cluster is active in your area, or if not, whether you can start your own cluster with other neighbouring schools.
We can set up a bespoke cluster exclusively for the schools under your management, or for your Multi Academy Trust (MAT). Register your interest below and we will get in touch to discuss your specific requirements.
Thornhill Primary School
/ Young eco warriors make big energy savings
Thornhill Primary School’s crack squad of student eco-warriors keep energy wastage to a minimum with their spot checks on whether lights and appliances have been left on in the classroom. The school’s willingness to trial new ideas and share the results with others, along with its determination to reduce carbon to the absolute minimum, is what makes it the first Welsh school to win an Ashden Sustainable School Award.
Schools taking part
South East
Essex
Eastwood Primary School
Edwards Hall Primary School
Heycroft Primary School
Hinguar Primary School and Nursery
St Marys C of E Primary School
Temple Sutton Primary School
Surrey
Ashford Park Primary School
Beaufort Primary School
Castle Hill Infant School
Charlwood Village Infant School
Christ's College Guildford
Cove Infant School
Cranford Park CE Primary School
Crawley Ridge Junior School
Godstone Village School
Heatherside junior School
Horley Infant School
Knaphill Lower School
Meadow Primary School
New Monument Primary Academy
St Bartholomew's C of E Primary School
St James C of E Primary School
St John the Baptist School
St Martin's Junior School
St Peter's C of E Primary School
St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School
The Grove Primary School
The Hawthorns
Walsh C of E Junior School
Walton Leigh School
Waverley Abbey C of E Junior School
Westfield Primary School
William Cobbett Junior School
Woodlands SLD School
Woodlands school
Woodlea Primary School
London
Acland Burghley School
Eleanor Palmer Primary School
Emmanuel CofE Primary School
Gillespie Primary School
Highbury Fields School
Highbury Grove
La Sainte Union Catholic School
Parliament Hill School
Queen's Park Primary School
Rhyl Primary School
St Aloysius Junior School
Torriano Primary School
Midlands
Leicester
Avenue Primary School
Charnwood Primary School
Linden Primary School
Medway Primary School
Mellor Primary School
Overdale Junior School
Rolleston Primary School
Scraptoft Valley Primary School
Sparkenhoe Primary
Uplands Junior School
Babington Community College
Crown Hills Community College
Ellesmere College
Madani School Federation
Moat Community College
New College Leicester
Rushey Mead School
Sir Jonathan North Community College
Braunstone Frith Primary School
Bridge Junior School
English Martyrs Catholic School
Eyres Monsell Primary School
Eyres Monsell Primary School
Highfields Primary
Moat Community College
Rushey Mead Primary School
Sandfield Close Primary School
Shaftesbury Junior School
Stokes Wood
Uplands Infant School
Willowbrook Primary Academy
Nottingham
Abbey Road Primary School
Rushcliffe School
Albany Infant School
Albany Junior School
Alderman White
Bramcote College
Crossdale Drive Primary School
Flintham Primary School
Killisick Junior School
The William Allitt School
Mansfield
St Philip Neri with St Bede Catholic Voluntary Academy
Sutton Road Primary School & Nursery
The Flying High Academy
Vision Studio School
Asquith Primary School
Wynndale Primary School
Berry Hill Primary School
Oak Tree Primary School
West Bridgford
The West Bridgford School
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton Community Academy
Solihull
Blossomfield Infant School
Cranmore Infant School
Dorridge Primary School
Haslucks Green Junior School
Our Lady of Wayside Catholic Primary School
Reynalds Cross School
Wales
Cardiff
Bishop Childs Church in Wales Primary School
Bryn Celyn Primary
Coed Glas Primary
Glyncoed Primary
Grangetown Primary
Greenway Primary School
Roath Park Primary
Springwood Primary school
Stacey Primary School, Roath
Storey Arms Outdoor Education Centre
Trowbridge Primary School
Ysgol Gymraeg Coed y Gof
Ysgol Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd
Ysgol Pen y Pil
Ysgol Pwll Coch
South West
Budehaven School, Bude
South Molton Community College, South Molton
Gwinear school, Cornwall
Launceston Junior infants
Mawgan-in-Pyder School
Mullion School, Helston
St Columb Major
Trevisker school, Wadebridge
Chagford Primary School, Newton Abbot
Chulmleigh Community College
Okehampton Primary
Queen Elizabeth's Academy Trust, Crediton
Queen Elizabeth's Community College
Tavistock College
Chagford Primary School
Plymstock School
Tavistock College
Bideford College
Boasly Cross Primary School
Bodmin College
Cape Cornwall
Clyst Vale Community College
Devonport High School for Boys
Doddiscombsleigh Community School
Lydford Primary School
Mabe School
South Petherwin
St. Issey School
Stoke Hill Junior School
Treviglas Community College
Veryan CofE Primary School
Cullompton Community College
Great Torrington School
King Edward Vi Community College, Totnes
Kings College, Taunton
Kingsbridge Community College
Launceston College, Launceston
South Dartmoor Community College, Ashburton
The Park Community School, Barnstaple
Waycroft Academy, Bristol
West Exe School, Exeter
Axe Valley Community College, Axminster
Braunton Academy, Braunton
Brixham College, Brixham
Exmouth Community College, Exmouth
Mount Kelly school, Tavistock
Trinity School, Teignmouth
WESC Foundation, Exeter
Templer Academy Schools Trust (TAST)
Teign School, Kingsteignton
Coombeshead Academy, N. Abbot
Rydon Primary School, Kingsteignton
Christow Primary School, Christow
Highweek Primary & Nursery School, Newton Abbot
Horrabridge Primary & Nursery School, Horrabridg
Newton Abbot College, Newton Abbot
Lipson Co-operative Academy, Plymouth
Plymstock School, Plymouth
Stoke Damerel Community College, Plymout
Teignmouth Community School, Teignmout
Torrington Bluecoat C of E Primary School, Great Torrington
Bristol
Greenfield E-ACT Primary Academy
Knowle DGE School
Parson Street Primary School
Southville Primary
Torwood House School
Victoria Park Primary School
Sussex
Brighton
Brackenbury Primary School, Portslade
Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove
Carlton Hill Primary School, Brighton
Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Hove
Elm Grove Primary School, Brighton
Hove Junior School, Hove
Mile Oak Primary, Brighton
West Blatchington
Primary School, Hove
Beacon Community College, Crowborough
Chailey School, Lewes
Longhill High School, Brighton
Patcham High School, Brighton
Priory School, Lewes
Ringmer Academy, Lewes
East Sussex
All Saints CE Primary School, Bexhill
Chiddingly Primary School, Lewes
East Hoathly C/E Primary School, Lewes
Laughton Community Primary School, Lewes
Glenleigh Park Primary Academy, Bexhill-on-Sea
Harbour Primary & Nursery School, Newhaven
Ocklynge Junior, Eastbourne
Parkside Community Primary School, Heathfield
Pevensey & Westham CEP School, Westham
St Catherine's College, Eastbourne
St Pancras Catholic Primary School, Lewes
The Haven VA CE/Methodist Primary School, Eastbourne
