Hetton Academy

Hetton Academy
Location
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
Established	1912 (1912)
Local authority	Sunderland City Council
Trust	Northern Education Trust
Department for Education URN	149235 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Vicky Pinkney
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11to 16
Enrolment	575 as of April 2022 [update]
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]

History

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]

Hetton School

On Thursday September 14 1995 at lunchtime, 25 year old PE teacher Michelle Vernon was attacked in the gym changing rooms. Two thieves hit her head against a wall, and kicked her in the face. She had worked there for only two weeks. ^{[4] [5]} Two suspects were arrested in late September. ^[6]

Academy

Previously a community school administered by Sunderland City Council, ^[7] in September 2022 Hetton School converted to academy status and was renamed Hetton Academy. ^[8] The school is now sponsored by the Northern Education Trust. ^[9]

New buildings

A new school building was constructed on the same site and was completed in September 2016. ^[10] The new building was officially opened by the local Member of Parliament, Bridget Phillipson, on 13 January 2017. ^[11]

Admissions

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. ^[12]

Notable people

• Jordan Cook, footballer ^[13]
• Steph Houghton, footballer ^[13]
• Ryan Pringle, cricketer ^[13]

References

1. "Hetton Academy Homepage". 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022.
2. "About". Hetton School.
3. "Primary Links". hettonweb.co.uk.
4. Sunderland Daily Echo Friday 15 September 1995, page 1
5. Sunderland Daily Echo Monday 18 September 1995, page 1
6. Sunderland Daily Echo Friday 29 September 1995, page 2
7. "Hetton School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
8. "Hetton Academy - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
9. "Our Academies - Northern Education Trust". Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
10. "Turf-cutting finally takes place for new Hetton School". sunderlandecho.com.
11. "Bridget Phillipson MP officially opens Hetton School's new buildings". bridgetphillipson.com.
12. "Headways".
13. Cordner, Chris (15 June 2016). "Take your last look round Hetton School before the big changes". Sunderland Echo. National World Publishing Limited.