Kepier
Dairy Lane, Houghton le Spring, DH4 5BH
1,131 pupils · 93% of 1,210 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- EDEN LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Free school meals
- 37.8%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 9 March 2022, published 8 May 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 37.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 55% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 30.9% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.11 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 257 | 285 | 372 | 257 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 224 | 238 | 318 | 224 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 211 | 205 | 277 | 208 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 255 | 260 | 323 | 255 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 256 | 244 | 296 | 256 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 208 | 193 | 266 | 208 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 223 | 204 | 324 | 223 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 195 | 176 | 299 | 195 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Hetton Academy 2.6 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Farringdon Community Academy 4.7 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Sandhill View Academy 6 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2025)
- St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington 6.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Biddick Academy 6.4 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Park View School 6.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.