Macmillan Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 15 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
1565 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
13%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.8%
Persistent absence
22.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
22.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.4%
Pakistani 15.4%
Mixed 5.6%
Other 5.3%
African 5.2%
Other Asian 3.3%
Other White 2.3%
Indian 1.9%
Unclassified 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Irish Traveller 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 28%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.8
Local authority average 41
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.14
Local authority average 3.54
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE65
Business Studies:SingleGCSE34
ChemistryGCSE65
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE230
English LiteratureGCSE228
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE31
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Macmillan Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
256
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
341
2nd preference
341
3rd preference
211
From another Local Authority
58
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
241
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
265
131
134
Year 8
272
138
134
Year 9
256
122
134
Year 10
248
128
120
Year 11
236
116
120
Year 12
161
75
86
Year 13
127
55
72
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
80.8%
85.5%
Further education
27.0%
54.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
52.0%
16.8%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
9.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
9.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
4.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
71.0%
43.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
4.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
7.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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