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Acklam Grange School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,452of 1,470 places
- Free school meals
- 33.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 282
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 6 October 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Acklam Grange School (URN 111751, until 1 May 2018).
What the data says
Acklam Grange School has no sixth form. Of the 274 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 13% moved to a sixth form college, 66% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.5 against 46.1 across England and 41.1 in Middlesbrough, with 49% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Acklam Grange School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Acklam Grange School | Middlesbrough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 274 | 1,600 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 86% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 16% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 13% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 66% | 53% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 9% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Acklam Grange School | Middlesbrough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.5 | 41.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 35% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.31 | 3.55 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 37% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.7 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.4 | 47.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 22% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 281 | 100% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 77% |
| Mathematics | 281 | 100% | 88% | 26% | 22% | 78% |
| English Literature | 277 | 98% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 76% |
| Combined Science | 257 | 91% | 65% | 13% | 9% | 72% |
| Geography | 107 | 38% | 41% | 33% | 25% | 85% |
| History | 98 | 35% | 41% | 29% | 26% | 74% |
| French | 98 | 35% | 18% | 30% | 29% | 97% |
| Statistics | 79 | 28% | 5% | 30% | 20% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 41 | 15% | 7% | 17% | 24% | 63% |
| Religious Studies | 26 | 9% | 31% | 65% | 32% | 96% |
| Business Studies | 25 | 9% | 18% | 36% | 20% | 88% |
| Biology | 23 | 8% | 23% | 78% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 23 | 8% | 23% | 83% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 23 | 8% | 23% | 91% | 47% | 100% |
| Film Studies | 22 | 8% | 1% | 14% | 20% | 59% |
| Economics | 21 | 7% | 1% | 5% | 34% | 48% |
| Physical Education | 21 | 7% | 11% | 19% | 24% | 81% |
| Photography | 13 | 5% | 6% | 31% | 19% | 92% |
| Computer Science | 12 | 4% | 13% | 42% | 30% | 92% |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Bengali | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 67 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 65 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 55 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 51 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 32 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 32 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 28 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 11 | — | — |
| Personal Health | 4 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Middlesbrough
Macmillan Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,586 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.8
Outwood Academy Acklam
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.9
Outwood Academy Ormesby
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The King's Academy
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.9
Trinity Catholic College
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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.