Three firms picked to pilot school decarbonising scheme

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	Kensa Contracting	£3.4m	Doncaster
North West Academies Trust	Acton CofE Primary Academy	GRAHAM Asset Mngmt	£2m	Nantwich
North West Academies Trust	Calveley Primary Academy	GRAHAM Asset Mngmt	£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.