Hetton Academy - Wikipedia

Hetton Academy
Address

North Road Hetton-le-Hole City of Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , DH5 9JZ England
Coordinates	54°49′05″N 1°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	11 to 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]

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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Jordan Cook, footballer
Steph Houghton, footballer
Ryan Pringle, cricketer

References

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

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Settlements	Sunderland Washington Houghton-le-Spring Hetton-le-Hole Springwell Village
Education	Academy 360 Argyle House School Biddick Academy Castle View Enterprise Academy Christ's College Farringdon Community Academy Hetton Academy Kepier School Monkwearmouth Academy Oxclose Community Academy Red House Academy St Aidan's Catholic Academy St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy St Robert of Newminster Catholic School Sandhill View Academy Southmoor Academy Sunderland College Thornhill Academy University of Sunderland Venerable Bede Church of England Academy Washington Academy
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Sport	Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland A.F.C. Women

v t e Schools in Tyne and Wear
All-through	Academy 360 Christ's College, Sunderland Excelsior Academy Kings Priory School
Middle	Gosforth East Middle School Gosforth Junior High Academy Valley Gardens Middle School Wellfield Middle School
Secondary	Benfield School Biddick Academy Boldon School Burnside College Cardinal Hume RC School Castle View Enterprise Academy Churchill Community College Emmanuel College Farringdon Community Academy George Stephenson High School Gosforth Academy Grace College Harton Academy Hebburn Comprehensive School Hetton Academy Heworth Grange School Jarrow School Jesmond Park Academy John Spence Community High School Kenton School Kepier School Kingsmeadow Community School Longbenton High School Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy Marden High School Monkseaton High School Monkwearmouth Academy Mortimer Community College Norham High School North East Futures UTC North Gosforth Academy Oxclose Community Academy Red House Academy Sacred Heart RC High School St Aidan's RC Academy St Anthony's Girls' RC Academy St Cuthbert's High School St Joseph's RC Academy St Mary's RC School St Robert of Newminster RC School St Thomas More School, Blaydon St Thomas More Academy, North Shields St Wilfrid's RC College Sandhill View Academy Southmoor Academy Studio West Thornhill Academy Thorp Academy Venerable Bede CE Academy Walbottle Academy Walker Riverside Academy Washington Academy Whickham School Whitburn CE Academy Whitley Bay High School
Independent	Argyle House School Dame Allan's School Newcastle High School for Girls Newcastle School for Boys Royal Grammar School Westfield School
Further Education	ESPA College Gateshead College Gateshead Jewish Academy for Girls Newcastle College Newcastle Sixth Form College South Tyneside College Sunderland College Tyne Metropolitan College Usworth Sixth Form
Defunct	Breckenbeds Junior High School Donnison School Firfield Community School Gateshead Grammar School Heathfield Senior High School Hookergate School La Sagesse School Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School Ryhope Grammar School South Shields Community School Sunderland High School Thomas Hepburn Community Academy

v t e Northern Education Trust
Secondary academies	The Blyth Academy Dyke House Academy Farringdon Community Academy Freebrough Academy The Grangefield Academy Hetton Academy Kearsley Academy Kirk Balk Academy Manor Community Academy North Shore Academy Red House Academy Thornaby Academy Thorp Academy Walbottle Academy
Primary academies	Abbey Park Academy Badger Hill Academy The Ferns Primary Academy Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy Hilton Primary Academy Merlin Top Primary Academy Mount Pellon Primary Academy Norton Primary Academy The Oak Tree Academy Ryecroft Primary Academy Whitecliffe Academy

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