Hetton Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Sunderland
North Road, Houghton le Spring, DH5 9JZ
72
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 10/12/2024
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.0%
28.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
681
Capacity used
Has space76%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
119 of 119 families who put it first got an offer
128
Places offered
185
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 119 | 119 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 56 | 6 | ● 11% |
| 3rd preference | 10 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 185 | 125 | 68% |
1st preference success by year
Sunderland lets families list 3 preferences. 17 applications came from outside the council area (8 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Vicky Pinkney
- Address
- North Road, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton le Spring, DH5 9JZ
- Phone
- 01915623322
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Ward / constituency
- Hetton · Houghton and Sunderland South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 149235
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 45% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 3% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
681 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
10 December 2024
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 699 pupils
Attendance
90.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
28.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
6.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
5.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.18 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.67 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.8 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 56.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 79.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 50.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.83 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 116 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.