Children attending the David Nieper Academy in Alfreton were welcomed into their new £15 Million school by Head teacher Dr Kathryn Hobbs. 

The opening of the school was marked by a ribbon cutting ceremony by two of the youngest Year 7 students, who were accompanied by three former students from amongst those when the school very first opened on the site in 1939. 

The David Nieper Academy is one of Derbyshire’s most ambitious and innovative educational ventures and one of Britain’s few privately sponsored Academies.

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