[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.

[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.

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