The school is due to close on 31 August 2019. Currently, only Year 8, 9 and 11 pupils are on site. The school is much smaller than the average-sized secondary school. The vast majority of pupils attending the school are White British. The proportion of pupils who are disadvantaged and receive support from the pupil premium is above the national average. The proportion of pupils with SEND is above average. The school is a member of the Northern Education Trust (NET) multi-academy trust. Responsibility for the school rests with the local governing board. It is their responsibility to ‘ensure that the school is run effectively, hold the school to account, manage the performance of the principal and develop their own partnerships and Inspection report: Thomas Hepburn Community Academy, 5–6 December 2018 Page 8 of 11 collaborations’; Northern Education Trust website: www.northerneducationtrust.org/governance/the-trust-governance-structure An executive principal works in the school on a part-time basis. Her main focus this academic year is to lead on the arrangements to close the school. Currently, the school uses part-time and full-time alternative education provision at New Leaf ASP Limited and NACRO (Newcastle).