This help page describes the M&R data input screen for schools called ‘School size’. Use this screen to report use this screen to report details on the size of your school.
- This screen displays one or two tables listing ‘activities’ for which your school must report annual values.
- Use the 'All years' toggle above the tables to view or edit data for all years back to the start of your energy efficiency baseline.
- This screen is visible to all users.
- If you have reported before, all you need to do is report values for the years since you last reported and then click ‘Save & continue’.
- Enter an annual values for full-time pupils, full-time equivalent staff and floor area (m2) in the (first) table for each year.
- Below the (first) table, click ‘Yes’ if your school opens for evening classes or other formal classes outside the normal school day. Otherwise, select ‘No’.
- If ‘Yes’ is selected, a second table is shown. In the second table, enter annual values for the number of hours for additional classes and the average number of students in each.
- Pupil numbers can change over the course of the year and this system operates on a calendar year.
- You can choose to calculate your pupil numbers in one of two ways.
- You can enter the number of pupils as of the beginning of September each year.
- Or you can calculate an average number of pupils across the calendar year, based on pupil numbers in different months or terms.
- The important thing is that you calculate your pupil numbers in the same way for each year that you report data.
- Staff numbers can change over the course of the year and this system operates on a calendar year.
- You should account for all full-time and part-time school staff in your calculation, i.e. teaching, administrative, caretaker, etc.
- You can calculate the full-time equivalent of a part-time staff member by dividing the total part-time hours worked (by the part-time staff member) by the average annual hours that would be worked on a full-time basis.
- There are several ways in which you can determine the floor area of the school.
- You can review the school plans or a previous survey, if either are available.
- You can check your Display Energy Certificate (DEC), if your school has one.
- You can measure it, as accurately as you can.
- Or you can consult with an architect or engineer, if possible.
- Remember to account for changes in floor area over time (if any), e.g. extensions. If your school has not added (or removed) new classrooms or facilities it is likely that the floor area has not changed over time.
- 1 square foot = 0.093 m2.
- Evening classes and other formal education classes that occur outside the normal school day involve the consumption of additional energy over and above what should be consumed during a normal school day.
- The 'No. hours per year for additional classes' is the approximate number of hours over the course of the year during which the school was open for the delivery of formal education classes outside the normal school day.
- The ‘Average no. students for each additional hour’ is the average number of students in attendance during the delivery of those formal education classes that are outside the normal school day, e.g. average number of students in attendance at evening classes.
- You must report annual values for all years back to the start of your energy efficiency baseline. The baseline year is indicated in the text above the table.
- You must report your activity levels in the units indicated.