David Nieper Academy saves the world with Alfreton Town Council

As part of their co-curricular activities, David Nieper Academy pupils formed the club David Nieper Academy Saves the World, led by Mrs Thorpe, with an aim to improve elements of the world, such as the environment. To ki [...]

David Nieper Academy hosts first sustainable fashion week challenge

With the effects of climate change becoming increasingly more severe, David Nieper Academy has been scrutinising one of the biggest contributors, fast fashion. Miss Bingham and Miss Topham, teachers of Technology and Art [...]

Alfreton Male Voice Choir announces plans for first post-lockdown performance

Alfreton Male Voice Choir will return to the stage for its first post-lockdown performance in October. The choir host a charity concert at the David Nieper Academy on October 16. The concert will raise funds for Aquabox, a charity and [...]

The English department at David Nieper Academy has it's very own author!

I just had to post on here about our amazing Mrs Wilcockson, not only is she a fabulous English, Geography and PSHE teacher but she is also now a published author! Why not have a look at her wonderful children's book, Granny Annie's Adventu [...]

Academy students design bid to host Mini Olympics event in Alfreton

Students at David Nieper Academy have taken part in a project to design a bid to host a Mini Olympics event here in Alfreton. The project is part of the academy's employer challenge programme, where students are tasked with working in te [...]

What does Alfreton have to offer young people?

Our journalism co-curricular, here at the David Nieper Academy, have been having a think about what the local area currently has to offer people of their age. They felt that quite often members of their classes would often talk about being [...]

Co-curricular at David Nieper Academy

Our wonderful journalists have created their first pieces below, they used their journalism skills to go and explore the year 9 co-curricular programme so they could tell you about the latest groups available to them. Co-curricular happe [...]

Academy staff make visors and donate them to local care homes

This is really lovely - staff at the David Nieper Academy have made visors and donated them to staff working in care homes across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Emily Thorpe, James Turner and Alastair Benton made the visors, which have [...]