Acklam Grange School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Middlesbrough
Unique reference
145774
Address
Lodore Grove, TS5 8PB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1475 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
9.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.8%
Persistent absence
20.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.5%
Pakistani 14.8%
Mixed 6.9%
Other 4.7%
Other White 2.6%
Indian 1.6%
African 1.1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.47
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 34%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.3
Local authority average 40.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.14
Local authority average 3.41
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award31
Sports StudiesTechnical Award54
TourismTechnical Award3
Health StudiesTechnical Award84
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award18
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award38
Speech & DramaTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE29
BiologyGCSE26
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Acklam Grange School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
288
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
424
2nd preference
317
3rd preference
162
From another Local Authority
31
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
281
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
298
155
143
Year 8
296
144
152
Year 9
298
143
155
Year 10
290
151
139
Year 11
293
128
165
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
79.9%
86.5%
Further education
66.0%
49.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
19.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
16.0%
11.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
10.5%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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