Hetton Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C62
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Houghton le Spring, DH5 9JZ
- Distance
- 2.6km away
Kepier
Dairy Lane, Houghton le Spring, DH4 5BH
Local ranking8th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1210
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 16 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 204
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1144
- Boys
- 568 (50%)
- Girls
- 563 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1210 (93% full)
- SEND
- 18.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 37.1%
- EAL
- 1.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.2%
- SEN Support
- 17.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,915/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.3%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- White Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Black Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
93.3%
White British
1.4%
Black African
1.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Dairy Lane
Houghton le Spring, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 137262
- UKPRN
- 10034540
- Establishment No.
- 4072
- Trust
- EDEN LEARNING TRUST
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