Hetton Academy

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Hetton Academy
Address
Hetton Academy
North Road

Hetton-le-Hole

City of Sunderland
,
Tyne and Wear
,
DH5 9JZ

England
Coordinates 54°49′05″N1°27′36″W / 54.818°N 1.4599°W / 54.818; -1.4599
Information
Type Academy
Established1912 (1912)
Local authority Sunderland City Council
Trust Northern Education Trust
Department for Education URN 149235 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalVicky Pinkney
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 16
Enrolment575 as of April 2022
Website hta.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]

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References

  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".
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