Millfields Community School and Children’s Centre

• March 10, 2014

Millfields Community School and Children’s Centre have installed a 20kWp Solar PV array on their roofs.

The Background

Millfields is a much larger than average primary school. The school serves an area of significant deprivation and its pupils represent a very wide range of ethnic backgrounds, with the largest groups being those of Asian, White, Black Caribbean and Black African heritage. The community is culturally and ethnically diverse: some 8% of our pupils are Turkish, 6% African Caribbean, 66% White British, 11% from other white European backgrounds and the remainder are from a wide range of ethnic groups represented in smaller numbers. This means that the percentage of pupils from minority ethnic groups is more than twice the National average and therefore the school works hard to be culturally inclusive. The installation of Solar PV fulfilled a long standing ambition of the School and Governors to take a first step into renewable energy with a proven ‘green’ technology, with returns that exceed installation and maintenance costs.

 

Testimonials

“Harnessing renewable energy at Millfields demonstrates our deep commitment to providing a sustainable and bright future for all our pupils as well as highlighting environmental issues for our whole community.” – Jane Betsworth – Headteacher

“As a UNICEF Rights Respecting School, we are proud to be doing all we can to provide a cleaner, equitable and more sustainable environment and realise that utilising cleaner energy has a positive effect not only on our children but on children all around the World.” – Roz Wilson – Lead on Sustainable Schools and RRS

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