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
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
24.3%
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 %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and 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
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award62
Health StudiesTechnical Award73
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE44
BiologyGCSE75
Business Studies:SingleGCSE37
ChemistryGCSE75
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE41
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE250
Year 2022-2023

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
87.0%
79.9%
86.5%
Further education
30.0%
49.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
50.0%
19.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
11.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
10.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
81.0%
50.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
7.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
26.0%
6.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
8.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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