David Nieper Academy

Secondary · state · ages 11–18 · 810 pupils · has a sixth form · DE55 7JA · CHRISTOPHER NIEPER EDUCATION TRUST

GoodOfstedInspected Sept 2022

6.1%GCSE grades 8–9England median 9.6%

0%A levels AAB or betterEngland median 12.4%

1.1Applications per placeFirst choices, Year 7 2026

41Attainment 8England median 45.8

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46% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 96.1% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above14.8% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)41 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths29.5% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths54.9% (typical 65.8%)

122 pupils at the end of Year 11.

A levels (2024/25)

% of A-level grades at A* or A1.5% (typical 15.4%)

% of A-level grades at A* to B22.4% (typical 38.7%)

% of A-level students with AAB or better0% (typical 12.4%)

A-level average points per entry22.84 (typical 32.5)

46 A-level students; average grade D+, best three A levels averaging D+. Progress: below average (value added -0.6).

How hard is it to get in?

For Year 7 in September 2026, 166 families put it first for 149 places (1.1 first choices per place). 89% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Year 7, 2024	148	180	1.2	81%
Year 7, 2025	145	158	1.1	91%
Year 7, 2026	149	166	1.1	89%

Sports facilities on site

Sports hall (3 courts), 7 football pitches, 2 rugby pitches, cricket, dance or fitness studio.

Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£8,062spent per pupil (typical secondary £7,863)

80%of spending on staff, 53% on teachers

£1.1mrevenue reserve (16.1% of a year's income)

£474ksurplus in the year

Income £7.0m, spending £6.5m (September 2024 to August 2025, 811 pupils).

Run by Christopher Nieper Education Trust, a trust of 4 academies and 1,261 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £1.8m, 17.5% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Progress 8 (how pupils did against similar pupils nationally) isn't published for 2024/25, because these pupils sat no tests at 11 during Covid.
GCSE tables: GCSE (9–1) full courses taken in 2024/25; A-level tables: GCE A levels taken in 2024/25; subjects with 5 or more entries. Small entries swing a lot from year to year.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence.

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GCSE results (2024/25)

% of GCSE grades at 8 or 96.1% (typical 9.6%)

% of GCSE grades at 7 or above14.8% (typical 19.5%)

Attainment 8 (average across 8 GCSE-level subjects)41 (typical 45.8)

% with grade 5 or above in English and maths29.5% (typical 43.9%)

% with grade 4 or above in English and maths54.9% (typical 65.8%)

122 pupils at the end of Year 11.

GCSE grades by subject

Subject	Entries	Grades 8–9	England 8–9	Grades 7+	Grades 4+
English Language	122	11.5%	9.2%	19.7%	63.1%
Mathematics	121	4.1%	13%	10.7%	61.2%
English Literature	117	5.1%	9.9%	12%	60.7%
History	49	10.2%	15.2%	26.5%	69.4%
Art and Design	45	2.2%	13.2%	4.4%	46.7%
Geography	43	4.7%	13.6%	20.9%	58.1%
French	35	2.9%	18.1%	14.3%	48.6%
Computer Science	25	4%	19.9%	16%	40%
Social Studies	19	0%	10.8%	15.8%	68.4%
Religious Studies	17	17.6%	19%	23.5%	64.7%
Music	11	0%	20.5%	9.1%	72.7%
Biology	5	0%	28.6%	0%	0%
Physics	5	0%	29.4%	0%	0%
Chemistry	5	0%	31.4%	0%	0%

A levels (2024/25)

% of A-level grades at A* or A1.5% (typical 15.4%)

% of A-level grades at A* to B22.4% (typical 38.7%)

% of A-level students with AAB or better0% (typical 12.4%)

A-level average points per entry22.84 (typical 32.5)

46 A-level students; average grade D+, best three A levels averaging D+. Progress: below average (value added -0.6).

A-level grades by subject

Subject	Entries	A*–A	England A*–A	A*	A*–B
Biology	15	6.7%	29%	0%	6.7%
Psychology	14	0%	19.8%	0%	14.3%
English Language and Literature	13	0%	14.9%	0%	46.2%
Sociology	11	0%	19.3%	0%	45.5%
Chemistry	6	0%	33.2%	0%	16.7%
Mathematics	5	0%	42.8%	0%	0%

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Year 7, 2024

148

180

1.2

81%

Year 7, 2025

145

158

1.1

91%

Year 7, 2026

149

166

1.1

89%