Macmillan Academy

Macmillan Academy is performing well overall, with a 'Good' rating across all inspection areas. The school demonstrates strong leadership and an ambitious curriculum that supports pupil learning effectively. Pupils are encouraged to engage in extracurricular activities, contributing positively to their personal development. However, there are some areas needing attention, such as ensuring that all students feel their views are heard within the school community and promoting more consistent links between subjects to enhance learning retention.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil behaviour and attitudes
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• Effective reading strategies and support systems for literacy development
• Positive extracurricular opportunities that enhance personal development
• Strong leadership prioritizing staff wellbeing

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent opportunities for pupils to share their views on school life
• Need for more precise strategies in supporting pupils with SEND

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Macmillan Academy attended 91.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.8% of pupils at Macmillan Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 8 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Macmillan Academy had 15.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 21.4% of pupils at Macmillan Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Macmillan Academy received £8,112 and spent £8,189 for each of its 1,567 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,155,000 (£737 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Endeavour Academies Trust, income was £7,934 and spending £8,068 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Macmillan Academy is part of Endeavour Academies Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Archibald Primary School Middlesbrough

What is Macmillan Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Macmillan Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Macmillan Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Macmillan Academy was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Macmillan Academy have?

Macmillan Academy has 1,586 pupils on roll.

What age range does Macmillan Academy cover?

Macmillan Academy for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Macmillan Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 43.3, and 39% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Macmillan Academy?

Macmillan Academy is at Stockton Road, Middlesbrough, TS5 4AG.