Hetton Academy (formerly Hetton School) is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

secondary school located in

Hetton-le-Hole Hetton-le-Hole is a town situated in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is in the historic county of Durham. A182 runs through the town, between Houghton-le-Spring and Easington Lane (the latter borders the County Durham Distr ...

in the

City of Sunderland The City of Sunderland () is a metropolitan borough with city status in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is named after its largest settlement, Sunderland, spanning a far larger area, including nearby towns incl ...

Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newc ...

, England. Established in 1912, the school admits pupils mainly from Easington Lane Primary School, Eppleton Academy, Hetton Primary School and Hetton Lyons Primary School. A new school building was constructed on the same site and was completed in September 2016. The new building was officially opened by the local Member of Parliament,

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, on 13 January 2017. Previously a community school administered by Sunderland City Council, in September 2022 Hetton School converted to academy status and was renamed Hetton Academy. The school is now sponsored by the

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. Hetton Academy offers

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and

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as programmes of study for pupils. Most graduating students go on to attend Headways Sixth Form, a

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provision offered by a consortium of secondary schools (including Hetton Academy) and Sunderland College.

Notable people

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, footballer *

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, footballer

References

External links

Hetton Academy official website
Secondary schools in the City of Sunderland Educational institutions established in 1912 1912 establishments in England Academies in the City of Sunderland {{TyneandWear-school-stub