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Macmillan Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy

Stockton Road, Middlesbrough TS5 4AG · macmillan-academy.org.uk · 01642 800800

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
47.8
average Attainment 8 score. Middlesbrough 41.1, England 46
Demand for places
1.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,586
96% of 1,650 places
Local authority
Middlesbrough
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
49.6%
First language not English
14.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Endeavour Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 382 families put the school first and 257 places were offered; 62% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 365 (Places 263)365September 2023: 345 (Places 271)345September 2024: 335 (Places 261)335September 2025: 341 (Places 256)341September 2026: 382 (Places 257)382Places 257
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262573821.5▲62%
September 2025Sept 20252563411.3▲71%
September 2024Sept 20242613351.3▲69%
September 2023Sept 20232713451.3▲67%
September 2022Sept 20222633651.4▲64%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.8, and 44.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Middlesbrough it was 41.1, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (34.1 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 53.5 (England 46.3)53.52017/18: 52.1 (England 46.5)52.12018/19: 46.0 (England 46.7)46.02021/22: 53.2 (England 48.8)53.22022/23: 45.3 (England 46.3)45.32023/24: 47.5 (England 45.9)47.52024/25: 47.8 (England 46.0)47.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●47.846.0
●44.4%45.4%
●63.7%64.8%
●40.6%40.5%
●4.154.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form51.6+11
Sixth form college5.9−3.1
Further education26.8−8.7
Other education0.80
Apprenticeship3.10
Employment3.1+0.4
Not in a lasting destination6.3−0.3
Activity not captured2.4+0.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 30.4 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.1 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 29.9 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 28.7 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 37.3 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 34.0 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 35.0 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 34.1 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
88 studentsC+ (34.1)Average +0.10
88 studentsC+ (34.2)Average +0.10
66 studentsDist (33.9)Above average +0.26
15 studentsMerit (25)Average -0.22
16.4%AAB or better
93.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2487B- (35)-0.26
2022/2383C+ (34)—
2021/2288B- (37.3)—
2018/19138C (28.7)-0.36
2017/18112C (29.9)-0.02
2016/17168C (31.1)+0.14
2015/16154C (30.4)+0.07

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University68.8+9.2
Further and other education3.5+2.1
Further education2.7+2
Other education0.9+0.2
Apprenticeship3.6−6.3
Employment11.6−9
Not in a lasting destination8.9+1.8
Activity not captured3.6+2.2

Ofsted

Macmillan Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
15 Nov 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • May 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Dec 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (97 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
89%
Replies
97
6% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▲92% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲94% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●86% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲92% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well●89% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼73% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▲91% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●80% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly●74% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 74% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼42% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 38% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need●67% agreeEngland 67%

based on 24 parents (25%) with SEND

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