Kepier School
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| Kepier School | |
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| Address | |
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Dairy Lane , DH4 5BH | |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Believe in You |
| Established | 1574 |
| Founder | Bernard Gilpin |
| Local authority | Sunderland City Council |
| Department for Education URN | 137262 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Mrs Nicola Cooper |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Website | http://www.kepier.com/ |
Kepier School is a coeducational secondary school located in Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.[1]
Kepier School offers GCSEs, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils. The school also operates a five-year football academy programme for gifted young players.[2]
History
The school was built and endowed in 1574 by Bernard Gilpin, an influential clergyman who became known as the 'Apostle of the North' and was associated with Houghton-le-Spring.
The school has resided since 1990 in its current building, which was formerly the Sancroft School. It was built in 1974 though has had major renovations since it became Houghton Kepier School. The change of building was decided when Houghton-le-Spring Grammar, Shiney Row Comprehensive, Sancroft Comprehensive and Bernard Gilpin Comprehensive began a merger over the latter years of the 1980s.
On the merger, the schools were known as Houghton Kepier School, a name that lasted until 2007 when the school gained specialist Sports College status and was renamed Houghton Kepier Sports College. It became a foundation school in 2006 and converted to academy status in 2011.[3] It wasn't until the incumbent headmistress Nicola Cooper joined the school in 2011 that further changes to the historic logo and name were made and introduced for the autumn term in 2012.
The original Royal Kepier Grammar School still stands off Church Street, though the building used until 1990 is now demolished. In 2015, the school announced it was to demolish its current building and build a state-of-the-art three-storey academy on a disused sports field.
Notable former pupils
- Michael Adams, TV personality
- George Carleton, bishop
- William Romaine, divine
- Robert Surtees, antiquarian
Notable former staff
- Adam Walker, politician
References
- ^ "Home". kepier.com.
- ^ "Football Academy". kepier.com.
- ^ "Welcome to Kepier". kepier.com.
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