New Principal and multi-million pound rebuild plans at Thornhill Academy, Sunderland
Thornhill Academy is proud to announce the appointment of a new Principal and unveil exciting plans for a full, multi-million-pound school rebuild and sport campus.
From September 2025, Liam Clark will take on the role of Principal at Thornhill Academy. Mr Clark is an experienced education leader with a background in improving curriculum standards and as a SENDCO. Mr. Clark has advised multiple schools across the region and most recently led rapid development at a large secondary school in Gateshead.
He is already a familiar face at Thornhill, where he served as Deputy Head from 2022 to 2024. During that time, he led the school as it achieved its best-ever exam results in terms of progress and was part of the team that secured a ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted for Thornhill, having held responsibility for The Quality of Education.
The proposed design of the new development would also include several measures to “reduce energy consumption and enhance the sustainability of the new building”, from LED lighting and heat pump technology to solar panels.
The development will also deliver a new leisure building that will provide a new swimming pool and changing facilities which will be opened for community use, allowing those in the local area to benefit from the development.
