The scheme could save schools an average of almost £15,000 on their energy bills, reports Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter

Khan tree planting (credit Caroline Teo via Greater London Authority) — Sadiq Khan helps plant a tree at Garratt Lane School in Earlsfield (credit Caroline Teo via Greater London Authority)

Sir Sadiq Khan has revealed which London schools will benefit from his £2.9m ‘Greener Schools’ initiative, which aims to install solar panels, heat pumps and other eco-upgrades across the capital’s classrooms.

A total of 38 schools across 16 boroughs will benefit from the funding, with councils putting an extra £9.6m of their own investment into the project.

They include three in Enfield, two each in Haringey and Waltham Forest, and one in Barnet.

City Hall believes the scheme could save schools an average of almost £15,000 on their energy bills as a result of the upgrades, which also include measures like insulation and LED lights.

The funding will also enable “climate engagement activities such as school-wide sustainability projects, including water conservation initiatives, helping to empower the next generation of climate change leaders in communities across the capital,” the mayor’s team said.

Khan hopes to eventually see the project adopted by the government as part of a scaled-up, national scheme. He argues that if all of London’s schools were to use similar energy-saving interventions, this could save over £50m annually from the education budget.

“This investment will help schools reduce their energy costs, so they can spend more on vital resources such as books, technology and staff, and cut carbon emissions so schools can play their part in tackling air pollution in the capital,” the mayor said.

“Working with the boroughs, we’ve been able to leverage a further £9.6m to fund more vital projects in more schools, helping to meet our target of achieving net zero by 2030, as we continue working to build a greener and fairer London for everyone.”

The 38 schools to benefit from the mayor’s Greener Schools initiative are:

Hunters Hall Primary School (Barking and Dagenham)
Village Infants’ School (Barking and Dagenham)
William Bellamy Primary School (Barking and Dagenham)
Wessex Gardens Primary School (Barnet)
Agar Children’s Centre (Camden)
Regent High School (Camden)
Torriano Primary School (Camden)
Capel Manor Primary School (Enfield)
Durants School (Enfield)
Garfield Primary School (Enfield)
Lauriston Primary School (Hackney)
The Brook Special Primary School and The Willow Primary School (Haringey)
Risley Avenue Primary School (Haringey)
Drayton Park Primary School (Islington)
Laycock Primary School (Islington)
Richard Cloudesley School (Islington)
Rotherfield Primary School (Islington)
Vittoria Primary School (Islington)
Avondale Park Primary School and St Anne’s & Avondale Park Nursery School (Kensington and Chelsea)
Bevington Primary School (Kensington and Chelsea)
Colville Primary School (Kensington and Chelsea)
Elm Court School (Lambeth)
Baring Primary School (Lewisham)
Stillness Infants School (Lewisham)
Stillness Juniors School (Lewisham)
Central Park Primary School (Newham)
Plashet School (Newham)
Roman Road Primary School (Newham)
Bird-in-Bush School (Southwark)
Bangabandhu Primary School (Tower Hamlets)
Bonner Primary School (Tower Hamlets)
Belmont Park School (Waltham Forest)
Greenleaf Primary School (Waltham Forest)
Garratt Park School (Wandsworth)
Smallwood Primary School (Wandsworth)
Essendine Primary School (Westminster)
Hallfield Primary School (Westminster)
Queen’s Park Primary School (Westminster)

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