Kepier

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Sunderland
Unique reference
137262
Address
Dairy Lane, DH4 5BH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1144 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
1.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.8%
Persistent absence
25.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.9%
Mixed 2.2%
African 1.4%
Other White 1%
Other Black 0.6%
Unclassified 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 41%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.5
Local authority average 43.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.89
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award17
Health StudiesTechnical Award43
Sports StudiesTechnical Award44
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE52
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE216
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Kepier

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
224
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
238
2nd preference
60
3rd preference
20
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
217
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
225
124
101
Year 8
250
133
117
Year 9
237
124
113
Year 10
211
91
120
Year 11
221
105
116
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
75.1%
85.5%
Further education
51.0%
53.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
25.0%
21.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
SP
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
7.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
11.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
3.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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