Macmillan Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 16 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Middlesbrough
Unique reference
130908
Address
Stockton Road, TS5 4AG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1538 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
48.4%
Girls
51.6%
First language not English
11.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.5%
Persistent absence
25.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 58.5%
Pakistani 15.7%
Mixed 5.4%
Other 5%
African 4.2%
Other Asian 3.3%
Other White 2.1%
Unclassified 1.7%
Indian 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.47
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 50%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 34%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.3
Local authority average 40.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.94
Local authority average 3.41
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE56
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE84
Business Studies:SingleGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE83
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE249
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Macmillan Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
261
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
335
2nd preference
306
3rd preference
248
From another Local Authority
66
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
231
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
275
139
136
Year 8
257
121
136
Year 9
253
133
120
Year 10
239
119
120
Year 11
254
120
134
Year 12
154
69
85
Year 13
106
43
63
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
80.5%
85.6%
Further education
36.0%
55.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
41.0%
16.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
9.0%
8.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
10.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
55.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
9.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
8.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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