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Over 1,400 EV charging sockets now available at UK schools

School teachers and EV drivers can charge their electric cars with 1,407 sockets now outside schools and colleges in the UK.
By Liam McLoughlin March 3, 2025 Read time: 2 mins
The new chargepoints at schools follow over 59,000 workplace charging sockets that the government's Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) scheme has funded since 2016. Image: © Deborah Lee Rossiter/Dreamstime

The UK's Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood said the chargers have been fitted at UK schools since March last year, due to to £3m from the government’s Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS).

The new chargepoints at schools follow over 59,000 workplace charging sockets that the scheme has funded since 2016. In addition to schools, the workplace charging scheme supported a further 6,500 sockets in workplace car parks in 2024.

Schools can also open the chargepoints to local residents and visitors, making charging more accessible and providing an additional revenue stream to schools.

The Workplace Charging Scheme, alongside the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant, has also been extended for another year, the government has confirmed. It adds that this provides the certainty needed to continue rolling out chargepoints to flats, rental properties, schools, offices and workplaces so that drivers can charge in more and more places.

Greenwood said: "Schools are the beating heart of our towns and communities and rolling out chargers here shows we are building a practical and reliable charging network designed around people’s daily lives.

"Reaching 1,000 sockets at schools is a particularly significant milestone and builds on a record January for electric car sales, as consumer confidence in the electric transition grows every day. This is helping support jobs, make the UK a clean energy superpower and deliver our Plan for Change."

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