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# 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](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **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](http://www.kepier.com/)
- **Register number:** URN 137262 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137262))
- **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](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/23e4ssr1yrt-cleaner) · Closes 27 Nov · Part time · Site, 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 | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 71.2 | 15.9 | – | 0 | £52,074 |
| 2024/25 | 69.2 | 16.5 | 8% | 0 | £48,361 |
| 2023/24 | 64.8 | 17.7 | 8% | 0 | £46,023 |
| 2022/23 | 63.8 | 17.5 | 11% | 0 | £45,636 |
| 2021/22 | 64.8 | 16.7 | 17% | 0 | £43,164 |
| 2020/21 | 60.2 | 17.7 | 3% | 0 | £43,903 |

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% |

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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