Kepier

Kepier is a secondary academy in Houghton le Spring, United Kingdom with 1,131 pupils, part of Eden Learning Trust. Ofsted: Report card, 16 June 2026: strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 5; safeguarding met. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Cleaner (closes 27 November).

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.

Head: Colin Devlin, Principal
Trust or group: Eden Learning Trust
Type: Academy, Secondary
Pupils: 1,131 pupils · 50% girls · 37.8% eligible for free school meals · 1.3% with English as an additional language
DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs: 220 (19.5%) on SEN support · 20 (1.8%) with an education, health and care plan
DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority: Sunderland
Location: Houghton le Spring, DH4 5BH, United Kingdom
Telephone: 01915128960
Website: kepier.com
Register number: URN 137262 (register entry)
Ofsted: Report card, 16 June 2026: strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 5; safeguarding met
Last graded Good (graded 9 March 2022)

Vacancies (1)

Cleaner

Closes 27 Nov

Part timeSite, facilities and transport

Help us keep Kepier shining.We're currently recruiting a part time Cleaner to join our cleaning and facilities team, contracted for 15 hours per week. As one of our dedicated…

Exam results

Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional	46.3	46.1%
2024/25	43.6	37.3%
2023/24	46.9	42.6%

Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.

Inspections

Report card (16 June 2026)

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
Safeguarding: Met

Date	Inspection	Outcome
16 June 2026	Report card	Strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 5; safeguarding met
9 March 2022	Graded inspection	Good
3 December 2021	Monitoring visit	Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action in order for the school to become a good school
23 January 2019	Graded inspection	Requires improvement

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

Staff

Year	Teachers	Pupils per teacher	Leavers	Average pay
2025/26	71.2	15.9	–	£52,074
2024/25	69.2	16.5	8%	£48,361
2023/24	64.8	17.7	8%	£46,023
2022/23	63.8	17.5	11%	£45,636
2021/22	64.8	16.7	17%	£43,164
2020/21	60.2	17.7	3%	£43,903

Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)

Year	Teachers	Pupils per teacher	Leavers	Vacancies	Average pay
2019/20	61.6	16.5	12%	0	£42,484
2018/19	68.4	14.9	20%	0	£40,900
2017/18	69.6	14.5	13%	0	£38,750
2016/17	67.4	15.1	7%	0	£36,995
2015/16	77.4	13.0	15%	0	£36,013
2014/15	75.5	13.6	10%	1	£37,067
2013/14	78.5	13.1	18%	0	£37,006
2012/13	76.0	13.7	13%	0	£37,197
2011/12	78.0	13.5	12%	0	£38,432

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

Attendance

Year	Sessions missed	Unauthorised	Persistently absent	Severely absent
2025/26	9.8%	4.8%	25.9%	5.5%
2024/25	9.4%	5.0%	25.7%	5.0%
2023/24	9.8%	5.7%	27.6%	4.7%
2022/23	9.2%	5.1%	26.0%	3.8%
2021/22	9.3%	4.1%	27.8%	3.4%
2020/21	5.5%	2.4%	15.3%	1.9%

Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)

Year	Sessions missed	Unauthorised	Persistently absent	Severely absent
2018/19	5.1%	1.7%	13.7%	0.8%
2017/18	5.5%	1.8%	14.3%	1.3%
2016/17	5.7%	1.8%	15.2%	1.3%

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

Hiring history

7 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 2 teaching, 5 support. Most often advertised: Art and Technology Technician, Catering Assistant, Cleaner. Last advertised September 2026.

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Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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