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Kepier
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Dairy Lane, Houghton le Spring DH4 5BH · kepier.com · 0191 512 8960
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Sunderland 43.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,131
- 93% of 1,210 places
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 37.8%
- First language not English
- 1.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Eden Learning Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 285 families put the school first and 257 places were offered; 88% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 257 | 285 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 224 | 238 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 211 | 205 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 255 | 260 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 256 | 244 | 1 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.6, and 37.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sunderland it was 43.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼37.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.91 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 29.4 | +6.9 |
| Further education | 51.5 | −1.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 4.9 | −4.2 |
| Employment | 2.9 | −1.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.8 | +1.2 |
| Activity not captured | 1.5 | +0.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Kepier on 16 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 16 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective - Dec 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jan 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 59
- 5% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (19%) with SEND