Hetton Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Good
Dec 10 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Sunderland
Unique reference
149235
Address
North Road, Hetton-le-Hole, DH5 9JZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
671 (72% of total capacity)
Boys
47.8%
Girls
52.2%
First language not English
3.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.4%
Persistent absence
27.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.1%
African 2.7%
Irish Traveller 1.3%
Mixed 1.3%
Other White 1.2%
Other 0.6%
Unclassified 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 51%
Local authority average 41%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.7
Local authority average 43.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.82
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award30
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award4
Sports StudiesTechnical Award21
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE5
Art & DesignGCSE24
BiologyGCSE10
ChemistryGCSE10
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Design & TechnologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE116
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Hetton Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
128
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
119
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
10
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
119
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
67
84
Year 8
140
72
68
Year 9
130
64
66
Year 10
133
67
66
Year 11
117
51
66
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
70.0%
75.1%
85.5%
Further education
57.0%
53.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
14.0%
21.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
SP
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
7.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
11.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
3.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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