Hetton Academy

Hetton Academy
Address
Map
North Road


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DH5 9JZ

England
Coordinates54°49′05″N 1°27′36″W / 54.818°N 1.4599°W / 54.818; -1.4599
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1912 (1912)
Local authoritySunderland City Council
TrustNorthern Education Trust
Department for Education URN149235 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalVicky Pinkney
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment575 as of April 2022
Websitehta.northerneducationtrust.org[permanent dead link]

Hetton Academy (formerly Hetton School) is a coeducational secondary school located in Hetton-le-Hole in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.[1]

Established in 1912,[2] the school admits pupils mainly from Easington Lane Primary School, Eppleton Academy, Hetton Primary School and Hetton Lyons Primary School.[3]

A new school building was constructed on the same site and was completed in September 2016.[4] The new building was officially opened by the local Member of Parliament, Bridget Phillipson, on 13 January 2017.[5]

Previously a community school administered by Sunderland City Council,[6] in September 2022 Hetton School converted to academy status and was renamed Hetton Academy.[7] The school is now sponsored by the Northern Education Trust.[8]

Hetton Academy offers GCSEs and Cambridge Nationals as programmes of study for pupils. Most graduating students go on to attend Headways Sixth Form, a sixth form provision offered by a consortium of secondary schools (including Hetton Academy) and Sunderland College.[9]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Hetton Academy Homepage". 2023.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "About". Hetton School.
  3. ^ "Primary Links". hettonweb.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Turf-cutting finally takes place for new Hetton School". sunderlandecho.com.
  5. ^ "Bridget Phillipson MP officially opens Hetton School's new buildings". bridgetphillipson.com.
  6. ^ "Hetton School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  7. ^ "Hetton Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  8. ^ "Our Academies - Northern Education Trust". Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Headways".