Seven UK schools have been selected to take part in an £18.6m innovative Decarbonisation Pilot, led by the Department for Education.

The pilot being delivered by Graham, Kensa Contracting and Dodd Group will see schools benefit from new low carbon heating solutions, as well as improvements to the buildings fabric to make the school more thermally efficient.

Seven pilot school decarbonising projects

Trust
School
Contractor
Value
Location

Waterton Academy Trust
West End Academy
Kensa Contracting
£3m
Wakefield

The Rose Learning Trust
Richmond Hill Primary Academy
£3.4m
Doncaster

North West Academies Trust
Acton CofE Primary Academy
GRAHAM Asset Mngmt
£2m
Nantwich

North West Academies Trust
Calveley Primary Academy
£1.8m
Tarporley

BMAT
Roydon Primary Academy
Dodd Group (Midlands)
£2.1m
Essex

Midsomer Norton Schools
Peasedown St John Primary School
£3.4m
Bath

St Mary’s Academy
St Mary’s Academy
£2.9m
Hitchin

DfE hopes the pilot will provide a valuable opportunity to learn more about alternative greener heating solutions and to use the learnings to consider how this can be scaled up to accelerate decarbonisation in the future.

Where necessary, the schools’ building fabric will be improved with upgrades ranging from new electrics, roofs and ceilings to new doors and windows amid a government drive to make educational buildings greener.

The contractors were appointed via Fusion21’s Decarbonisation and Heating & Renewables frameworks.