Sandhill View Academy
Academy sponsor led secondary school in Sunderland (Sunderland).
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Sandhill View Academy is a secondary school located in Sunderland. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 760 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 750. It is part of the ASPIRE NORTH EAST MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Jill Dodd.
Key facts
- URN
- 141986
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body (9 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Greener | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by trustees | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mr Jonathan Greener Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by trustees | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Roper | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Stephanie Bates | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Dr Steven Anderson | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Helen Ekasa | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Ms Rona Crockatt | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Louise McCombe | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2023 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Jill Dodd | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2021 |
| Sara Barwick | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2021 | |
| Mrs Alice Rowell Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Kathleen Walton Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Michelle Driskel Former | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record