Kepier
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Houghton le Spring, DH4 5BH
- Distance
- 2.6km away
Hetton Academy
North Road, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton le Spring, DH5 9JZ
Local ranking4th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues from Hetton School (URN 108862) since 1 September 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 10 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 51.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 56.9% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 50.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 116
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 671
- Boys
- 321 (48%)
- Girls
- 350 (52%)
- Capacity
- 900 (75% full)
- SEND
- 18.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.4%
- EAL
- 3.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 16.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,532/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 91.5%
- Black African: 2.7%
- White Traveller: 1.4%
- White Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.3%
91.5%
White British
2.7%
Black African
1.4%
White Traveller
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
North Road
Houghton le Spring, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 149235
- UKPRN
- 10090904
- Establishment No.
- 4059
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
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