Other places · North East England
Kepier School
In or near Houghton-le-Spring.
Kepier School in England North East, United Kingdom.
Oliver Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Chester-le-Street · 6.9 km
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Kepier School is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Kepier School is a coeducational secondary school in Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. As of 2025, it has 1147 pupils, and is larger than the average secondary school.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The school was established in 1987 as a result of a merger of three local comprehensive schools: Bernard Gilpin School, Houghton School and Sancroft School. It was originally called Houghton Kepier School. It is not connected to the nearby small fee-paying grammar school, founded in the 1570s and closed in 1922, the Royal Kepier Grammar School, but was named after it. The school was commended by the Department for Education in 2003 for using staff who were not qualified teachers as temporary "cover supervisors" in an attempt to manage teachers' workload; the initiative was criticised by the National Union of Teachers. The then headteacher, Sue Hyland, was the national secondary school…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8399, -1.4742
- District
- Sunderland
- Parish
- Sunderland, unparished area
- Postcode
- DH4 5BH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Established
- 2011
- Nearest railway station
- Chester-le-Street — 6.9 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q19874831 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kepier School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kepier School?
- Kepier School is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DH4 5BH), in the parish of Sunderland, unparished area.
- What is Kepier School?
- Kepier School in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Kepier School?
- The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, about 6.9 km away. Drivers can use postcode DH4 5BH.
- When was Kepier School built?
- Built or established in 2011.
- How do I get to Kepier School?
- The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, about 6.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DH4 5BH.