Biddick Academy (formerly Biddick School Sports College) is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

and

academy An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

. The current headteacher is Kate Morris. The school has a specific area for special educational needs students called the Unity Centre.

Notable former pupils

* Matthew Wylie, swimmer

References

Academies in the City of Sunderland Secondary schools in the City of Sunderland Washington, Tyne and Wear {{TyneAndWear-school-stub