Kepier
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Houghton le Spring, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.777 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kepier is a secondary school in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 9 March 2022. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Kepier catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.777 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 1.777 miles away, the 4th shortest of the 16 Sunderland secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 285 first-choice applications for 257 offers; 250 offers went to first-choice families, and 35 first-choice families (12%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 37% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sunderland.
- Its Attainment 8 score for 2024/25 was 43.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sunderland schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dairy Lane, Houghton le Spring, DH4 5BH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 1,131 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 9 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy, and feel a sense of belonging at Kepier.”
- “They show kindness, tolerance and respect towards adults and each other.”
- “Pupils conduct themselves very well across the school.”
To improve
- “However, a minority of pupils do not attend regularly enough.”
- “However, in a minority of lessons, teachers do not consistently check what pupils know before they move on to teach new curriculum content.”
- “However, a minority of pupils do not attain as highly as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 285 first-preference applications, 257 offers in total, 250 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sunderland.
- Hetton Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Farringdon Community Academy 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sandhill View Academy 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Biddick Academy 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Venerable Bede Church of England Academy 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oxclose Community Academy 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy 5.0 mi Not judged Last distance published