Alfreton Nursery School make memories with community King's Coronation celebration

Alfreton Nursery School has shared some lovely pictures of its King's Coronation celebration with us. The nursery school, located on Grange Street, invited their children's families to join them for the celebration on Wednesday (May 3), [...]

Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships & Higher Education visits David Nieper

MP Robert Halfon, minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, visited David Nieper in Alfreton this week. Mr Halfon visited the women's clothing manufacturer on Thursday (April 27). He met with apprentices taking part [...]

David Nieper Academy celebrates Silver Artsmark accreditation

David Nieper Academy is delighted to have been awarded a Silver Artsmark accreditation through the Arts Council England. It follows a two year process of submitting a Statement of Commitment to Arts & Cultural Education, before track [...]

Alfreton Park School opens pop-up cafe outside school gates

Alfreton Park School has opened a pop-up cafe outside its school gates, offering students work experience while raising money for its Deer Shed project. The cafe, located outside the school gates in Alfreton Park, will be open every Mond [...]

Free computer and maths course available at Alfreton Library

A free computer and maths course is available at Alfreton Library. The course is organised by training provider Workpays in [...]

National Apprenticeship Week: Trainee sewing machinist apprenticeship at David Nieper

This week is National Apprenticeship Week - and we're celebrating by highlighting the opportunities that are on offer locally [...]

National Apprenticeship Week: Round-up of opportunities available in DE55

Today (Monday, February 6) marks the beginning of National Apprenticeship Week - a time to celebrate apprentices and highlight some of the opportunities that are available. We know that there are a number of brilliant apprenticeship oppo [...]

Learn and develop pottery skills at Alfreton Adult Education Centre

A five-week course on pottery will take place at Alfreton Adult Education Centre in February and March. Pottery for All will start on Monday, February 27, and take place weekly until Monday, March 27. The course is suitable for learne [...]

Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy celebrates 'good' Ofsted rating

Alfreton's Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy is celebrating after being rated 'good' in all areas by Ofsted. Inspectors gave the rating after visiting the Firs Avenue school in November. It was the first time they had visited [...]

David Nieper Academy: Working with the community at Christmas

Written by Dr Kathryn Hobbs, headteacher of David Nieper Academy One of the things we really wanted to do when we became David Nieper Academy in September 2016 was to [...]