Acklam Grange School
Academy converter · 1,452 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5
Academy sponsor led
Lift Unity City
- Pupils on roll
- 1,033of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 72.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 155
- Ofsted
- Report card, 21 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance 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 registrations: Langbaurgh School (URN 111738); Keldholme School (URN 111750).
What the data says
Of the 149 pupils who finished Year 11 at Lift Unity City in 2023, 9% moved to a sixth form college, 58% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
15% 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 34.2 against 46.1 across England and 41.1 in Middlesbrough, with 21% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Fine Art is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 9% of pupils 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 | Lift Unity City | Middlesbrough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 149 | 1,600 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 74% | 86% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 68% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 1% | 16% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 9% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 58% | 53% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 15% | 9% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 10% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lift Unity City | Middlesbrough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 34.2 | 41.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 21% | 37% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 25% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.80 | 3.55 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 66% | 48% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.6 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.1 | 47.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 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 | 155 | 100% | 89% | 5% | 20% | 43% |
| Mathematics | 155 | 100% | 88% | 5% | 22% | 46% |
| English Literature | 154 | 99% | 86% | 5% | 21% | 47% |
| Combined Science | 134 | 86% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 30% |
| History | 105 | 68% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 34% |
| Fine Art | 42 | 27% | 9% | 10% | 28% | 55% |
| Geography | 39 | 25% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 23% |
| French | 38 | 25% | 18% | 0% | 29% | 50% |
| Biology | 18 | 12% | 23% | 11% | 45% | 83% |
| Physics | 18 | 12% | 23% | 6% | 46% | 72% |
| Chemistry | 18 | 12% | 23% | 11% | 47% | 78% |
| Photography | 14 | 9% | 6% | 7% | 19% | 64% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 60 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 53 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 43 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 41 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 30 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 17 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 13 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 1 | — | — |
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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.