A complete solution for independent schools

Discover a personal service built on decades of deep sector expertise and a commitment to your long-term financial health.

Dedicated partnership. Total transparency. Complete solutions.

Our dedicated independent schools team offers transparent energy procurement solutions and intelligent estate management services.

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Managing an independent school’s estate is a complex undertaking.

We understand that managing your school is far more than a financial exercise – it’s about safeguarding a legacy. Harnessing decades of expertise, we empower you to balance tradition with progress – protecting your heritage while building an ever more appealing, future-ready school.

By maintaining regulatory compliance, reducing energy costs and eliminating administrative burdens, we give you the freedom to invest more in your students while strengthening your appeal to prospective families.

  • Expect a bespoke specialist partnership built on decades of expertise

  • Exceptional value and transparency

  • Superior insights for clarity and control

  • Strategic support for complex estates

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Making an impact in independent schools
20+
years of expertise
~300
independent schools supported
~200
sustainability experts
1,122
tC02e saved for independent schools through SECR
Expertise sets us apart 

A partner who understands independent schools

We know the pressures of balancing budgets and stewardship of historic estates. Our specialist team works with schools like yours every day to provide clarity and confidence in energy decisions.  

Cost pressures

The removal of tax breaks on school fees, rising staff salaries and pension contributions, alongside increasing regulatory and compliance requirements are challenging schools to maintain financial viability.

Rising energy costs

Energy is often the second or third largest cost for schools after staffing, making it essential to have clarity to manage this area of the budget effectively.

Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement

This will be one of the biggest overhauls of the electricity market in decades. While it should optimise energy use, a greater number of meters across large estates increases the risk of implementation problems and billing errors.

Historic estates

School estates with listed buildings face the complex challenge of balancing modernisation and efficiency against the legal and practical requirements of preservation. It can be difficult to justify the upfront capital expenditure for energy efficient implementations that offer a lower and slower return on investment.

Lack of data and control

The lack of granular, building-level energy data, makes it impossible to identify and rectify costly inefficiencies across the estate.

Complex meter management

A large number of buildings and meters creates a huge administrative burden, since more can go wrong with suppliers – whether meter readings, estimates or billing issues.

Demystifying the complex world of energy

The independent school leader’s guide to energy procurement

Explore our white paper to clearly understand how to overcome your challenges and meet your procurement needs.

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How we support you

Our aim is simple: to give you financial clarity, operational confidence and the assurance that every penny you spend is working harder for your school.

A discovery meeting to understand your priorities, estate plans and regulatory requirements.

We review metering arrangements, on-site efficiency, and potential cost-saving measures, including a heat loss analysis.

We provide a demo of our Portal, so you can see your data, insights and controls in one place. You receive a clear, one-page “Estate efficiency and compliance roadmap”.

Our tailored installation and onboarding process includes appointing STARK and connecting you to our Portal.

Our support team monitors performance, resolves issues proactively and provides transparent reporting.

We work as a long-term partner to your estates, finance and operational teams. We’ll review performance data, identifying new efficiencies and adapting plans to meet evolving compliance, school needs and sustainability goals.

Explore some of the services you can take advantage of when partnering with Zenergi. 

Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme

Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme

Navigating the complexities of ESOS compliance can feel daunting, particularly as additional requirements are phased in. Our team will guide you through every step of the process, ensuring that all necessary documentation is prepared accurately and submitted on time. We’ll ensure your school achieves compliance, improves overall energy efficiency and reduces costs.

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Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting

Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting

We can determine your need to comply, collate your data and prepare your submission. We’ll evaluate your consumption data, carry out the required audits, complete the necessary reports, and submit the data to ensure you meet your financial reporting deadline with ease. Not only will you meet your compliance requirements but we’ll help you understand how to reduce consumption and costs.

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Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement

Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement

MHHS will ensure all electricity meters in the UK are read and settled every 30 minutes. This will improve accuracy, efficiency and transparency in energy usage and billing. MHHS will impact every organisation, whether you already have a half-hourly meter or not, and we are ready to help you capitalise on the benefits of this significant regulatory change.

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Bill Validation

Bill Validation

Our Bill Validation service identifies any possible discrepancies in energy and water bills, ensuring the numbers are based on accurate usage data and guaranteeing the correct rates are being applied. Any discrepancies are queried with suppliers and followed through to resolution, with any incorrect payments returned to you in full, providing full peace of mind. 

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Flexible Purchasing

Flexible Purchasing

Discover purchasing strategies designed to meet differing needs. Our Zen Secure product enables energy to be purchased in six-month periods, prior to your contract start date. Hugely popular in the education sector, this provides budget certainty whilst allowing our experts to time the market to secure you the most favourable rates. 

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Fixed Purchasing

Fixed Purchasing

Enjoy complete price security with all your energy secured at a set price for a pre-determined period, usually one, two, or three years. A great option if longer-term price clarity is most important. 

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A strategic partner for independent schools

How else can we help you manage the unique complexities of your estate?

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Market Watch 

Stay updated with the latest trends, news and forecasts in the UK energy market with our Market Watch Team. 

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Zenergi Portal

Gain insights into your energy usage and costs with a powerful platform that puts your firmly in control

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Energy Efficiency Training

Improve your knowledge and play a more active role in energy and carbon reduction across your estate with our specialist training.

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Power Purchase Agreements

Explore how you can benefit from a fully financed route to clean, reliable, and cost-effective energy while protecting your capital.

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Customer success stories

Our experience

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Powering a historic dining hall for St John’s School.

Our Siteworks team streamlined a complex meter installation to meet ambitious timescales and ensure a new dining hall opened on time.

Karina Joshi

Strategic Customer Success Manager

St John's School Customer Success Manager

Bill Validation case study for independent school

How one conversation led to a £107,000 refund for a leading independent boarding school

Billy Pryke

Strategic Customer Success Manager

How we found savings of more than 25% for Cheam Fields Primary Academy

A TM44 air conditioning inspection revealed key energy-saving opportunities for this Sutton school, cutting costs by 25% and ensuring compliance.

Annual A/C operating cost
£
15,292
Annual saving of largest opportunity
£
4,003

Annual savings of £16,000+ for Links Academy schools.

Learn how three schools achieved targeted energy efficiency savings through solar PV and EV charging.

Cost saving total
£
16,6367
Thinking Schools Academy Trust: A Trust-wide programme of heat decarbonisation plans

How a leading Trust won an £85,342 net zero grant.

How Linton Village College cut water costs by 80%

Discover how we helped a small community school uncover hidden water waste, achieve an 80% reduction in costs and save over £16,000 annually.

Annual cost savings
£
16,176
Reduction in water costs
80
%
Investment cost
£
2,500
Simplifying Energy Procurement and Unlocking Savings for Holy Cross Catholic MAC

Simplifying energy procurement and unlocking savings for Holy Cross Catholic MAC.

How our energy audit identified savings of £50,000 for E-ACT.

Discover how our exciting new programme for Multi-Academy Trust, E-ACT, identified huge carbon and cost savings in just six months.

Identified energy savings
246,193
kWh
Identified carbon savings
48.16
tCO2e
Identified cost savings
£
50,114

Leigh Academies Trust saves £500,000+ through flexible energy purchasing.

Discover how a 10+ year partnership helped one of the country’s largest and most established Multi-Academy Trusts navigate a turbulent energy market

Achieved savings: Year one
£
399,311
Forecast savings: Year two
£
200,287
Forecast savings: Year three
£
43,511
Helping Brigshaw Learning Partnership save £18,000 on energy costs.

Helping Brigshaw Learning Partnership save £18,000 on energy costs.

Greener transport: helping Gregory Group meet ambitious goals.

A science-led partnership with one of the UK’s largest transport groups that led to impressive net zero acceleration.

Harry Eaves

Senior Energy Consultant

Zenergi

Discover how our energy audits highlighted £94,955 of annual savings for Aldermore Bank.

We’re helping Aldermore Bank to reduce carbon emissions and cut costs – all while keeping the bank’s net zero strategy firmly on track.

Total carbon saving
172.6
tCO2e
Total annual cost saving
£
94,955

Halving Glenmorangie’s energy costs through strategic building optimisation.

Discover how our partnership helped a whisky giant transform their facility’s energy efficiency with targeted solutions.

Estimated annual electricity consumption savings
59
%
Estimated annual gas consumption savings
52
%
Estimated annual overall energy savings
55
%
How we helped Danes Educational Trust unlock £166,000 for carbon reduction.

How we helped Danes Educational Trust secure £166,000 for carbon reduction.

Phase 2 LCSF grant awarded
£
39,000

Partnering with PR Associates to drive compliance and energy efficiency in schools.

We’re helping to ensure over 100 schools have the confidence to focus on their priorities – all while remaining compliant and optimising efficiency.

Simon Watts

Partnerships Manager

Zenergi

Shropshire Council: Enabling compliance for over 10 years.

We’re helping Shropshire Council to achieve compliance through Display Energy Certificates and progressively reduce it’s environmental footprint. Zenergi is also enabling targeted energy reduction in key buildings.

Darren Myers

Carbon Compliance Manager

Zenergi

Future-proofing Reading Borough Council’s commercial properties to comply with 2030 energy efficiency targets.

We’re ensuring the council’s buildings comply with the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard and working together to deliver a clear pathway to 2030.

John Netherwood

Chief Operations Officer

Zenergi

A state-of-the-art, energy-efficient health centre for Henley Green.

Discover how our partnership transformed this Coventry practice into a model of healthcare sustainability and wellbeing-centred design.

Zahid Khalifa

Principal Electrical Design Engineer

Zenergi

Woodbridge High School: Protecting energy budgets in the London Borough of Redbridge.

How Woodbridge High School saved more than £12,000 on energy costs.

£40,000 saved for Windmill Care.

When an existing energy supplier attempted to retrieve £45,000 from Windmill Care due to an error, our experts were quickly on the case. The result? £45,000 cut to just £5,000.

Rebecca Thomson

Director of Service Delivery

Zenergi

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A complete solution

Everything your independent school needs

A partnership with Zenergi provides superior insights and comprehensive cost-effective solutions, tailored to the unique complexities of your estate. You'll benefit from new levels of clarity, control, budget certainty and energy savings – for complete peace of mind.

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Net zero

Zenergi

Comply

Deliver

Buy

Comply
Deliver
Buy
Net Zero

Comply

Our team of experts will help you navigate the complex world of carbon compliance and reporting.

We’ll help you understand your obligations and provide you with the tools and knowledge to meet them.

Our Comply Products

TM44 Air Conditioning Inspections

Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme

Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting

Energy Performance Certificates

Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Display Energy Certificates

Deliver

We’ll define your environmental potential, accelerating your progress to net zero.
Our specialists will deliver services that minimise the impact of your built environment and lower your energy consumption.

Our Deliver Products

Non-Half-Hourly Meter Exchanges

Siteworks

Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) Condition Survey

Solar PV

Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme

Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF)

Heat Decarbonisation Plan

Mechanical and Electrical Design

Renewables Obligation (RO) & Contracts for Difference (CfD)

Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging

Buy

Navigate the turbulent world of energy with confidence.

Our market experts will guide and streamline your procurement strategy and make utility management simpler and more efficient.

Our Buy Products

Telecoms

Bill Validation

Water Procurement

Public Sector Energy Framework

Energy Procurement

Zenergi Portal

Net Zero

Our passion is net zero and we want to help you achieve this goal.

We’ll create a tailored roadmap to help you realise a sustainable future efficiently and economically.

Our Net Zero Products

Net Zero Pathway

Accreditation Services

Climate Action Plans

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1Our Flexible Purchasing Zen Secure electricity basket beat the market price by 33%, based on October 24 annual period versus average price the customer would have achieved.
2Based on October 24 annual versus average price customer would have achieved

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