Acklam Grange School
Academy converter · 1,452 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5
Academy special sponsor led
Hollis Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 90of 85 places
- Free school meals
- 83.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 17
- Ofsted
- Report card, 9 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Prince Bishop School (URN 111774, until 23 August 2016).
What the data says
Hollis Academy has no sixth form. Of the 17 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 6% moved to a sixth form college, 29% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
24% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 5.7 against 46.1 across England and 41.1 in Middlesbrough, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Middlesbrough and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hollis Academy | Middlesbrough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 17 | 1,600 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 41% | 86% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 41% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 16% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 6% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 29% | 53% | 37% |
| — other education | 6% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 24% | 9% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 35% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hollis Academy | Middlesbrough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.7 | 41.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.29 | 3.55 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 82% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 47.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 17% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 7 | 41% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 29% |
| English Language | 7 | 41% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 57% |
| Mathematics | 7 | 41% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
| English Literature | 3 | 18% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
Other secondary schools in Middlesbrough
Lift Unity City
Academy sponsor led · 1,033 pupils
68% stayed in education · Attainment 8 34.2
Macmillan Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,586 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.8
Outwood Academy Acklam
Academy sponsor led · 1,201 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.9
Outwood Academy Ormesby
Academy converter · 698 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.1
The King's Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,381 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.