Though not in the original location, it is still in the same area, Thornhill, and borders Ashbrooke, about five minutes' walk away from Sunderland city centre.

It caters for pupils from age 2 to 16, and at the time of the last inspection in 2018, had 122 boys and 118 girls in attendance.

Hanna in 1884 in nearby Argyle Square, from which it got its name, it remained in the Hanna family until 1969 until it was sold to the current proprietor's father, Jeffrey Johnson.

The current head purchased the school from his father on the latter's retirement in 2003.

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