Global Perspectives students have been learning about VE Day by becoming 'photo detectives' and investigating the background to a variety of photographs taken in 1945.
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During the ongoing lockdown we have put together a 'book bingo' challenge and would love staff and students to get involved!
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Today a very special assembly was held for our incredible Year 11 students, and wanted to show them all that we are so very proud of them and all they have achieved throughout their time at Macmillan.
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The following is an important message from the head of school. Click to read more.
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During National Apprenticeship Week, Macmillan Academy took a group of Year 10 students to the Hartlepool Power Plant, EDF Energy.
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Staff and students spent their February half term enjoying the ski slopes and beautiful panoramic views of Dachstein West in Austria.
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Mr Stott visited the Year 9 assembly this week to share a video on the Year 9 options process. Click to view the video and find out more on the process itself...
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We want to encourage our academy community to eat healthily, lead a healthy lifestyle and care for our planet and this week sees the start of our 'Meat Free Monday' initiative.
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The careers landscape is changing and jobs are quickly evolving. To keep our students, staff and parents up to date we host an annual Academy Jobs Fair.
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Mrs Scott joined Year 11 students in their assembly this week to share a video on the Post 16 curriculum, which explains the different types of qualifications students can study.
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On Wednesday 18 December, Post 16 students took part in Christmas Jumper Day and many students got into the Christmas spirit by showing off their fantastic themed jumpers.
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2018-19 has been an exceptionally successful year for sport at Macmillan and it's no wonder that we have been recognised in the the top 1% of schools in the UK for sporting achievement!
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On Thursday 5 December students from the music department enrichment groups performed to a sell-out audience for the 2019 Christmas concert.
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Our annual awards evening was held at Middlesbrough Town Hall on Tuesday 3rd December to celebrate the many achievements our students have made over the last twelve months.
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2019 marks a significant milestone in the history of Macmillan Academy as it marks 30 since our school first opened its doors to students in Middlesbrough.
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Last month, the Year 11 geographers took part in their GCSE fieldwork enquiry at Danby in the North York Moors National Park.
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Year 12 drama students had the delight of watching the National Theatre's touring production of 'A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time' on Tuesday 12th November.
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On Wednesday 6th November, a selection of students from Year 9 to 11 were invited to enjoy a touring production of Afsaneh Gray's 'The Border' by Theatre Centre.
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Macmillan Academy recently hosted the Royal Shakespeare Company who performed their 'First Encounters' production of The Merchant of Venice.
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A small group of students and staff from both Macmillan Academy and Archibald Primary recently visited the North Yorkshire Moors Railway to produce a short film which will be used as part of the academy's Remembrance programme.
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Year 9 students were invited to attend a business breakfast event for WSP Future Ready Tees Valley, which included 60 leaders from global and local companies.
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The Year 9 residential to the Lake District included challenging activities such as gorge walking, canoeing, night time walks, archery, climbing and abseiling!
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As part of an on going project in their Global Perspective lessons, 8SCR ran a campaign to raise money to 'twin a toilet' in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa.
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On Friday 27 September, Post 16 students and academy staff joined forces raise money for the World's Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
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This year the academy has celebrated the 'European Day of Languages' with a range of events and also welcoming back former students who now use languages as part of their everyday lives and careers.
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Flying solo to Australia for three weeks at the age of 17 is a daunting prospect, however for Anitha there was a very good reason that she was making the 23-hour flight.
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The August Bank Holiday weekend saw a Post 16 Gold DofE expedition head off to the mountains of Snowdonia in North Wales.
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Today it is a pleasure to see Year 11 students and staff at Macmillan Academy celebrating GCSE results. These results are testament to the students' hard work and dedication
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Staff and students at Macmillan Academy are today celebrating Post 16 results. These results are the culmination of two years of hard work by the students.
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The very last week of term has been a busy and exciting one for our new Post 16 students.
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Since September Year 10 tutor groups have been competing to be crowned attendance champions in an initiative designed to celebrate student success.
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In the penultimate week of term, usual timetables were suspended for students in Years 7, 8 and 9 as they participated in different cross-curricular activities.
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2019 has been an amazing year for athletics at the academy. Students have competed in a variety of competitions and achieved more PBs than ever before.
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One of the most eagerly anticipated events of the Macmillan Academy calendar fell on Friday June 28th 2019 when our current Year 11 students celebrated their Leavers' Ball.
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School of Rock: The Musical, the academy's latest production was performed last week to rave reviews from students, staff, families and friends.
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We are delighted to announce that our new Head Boy and Head Girl have been appointed! Congratulations to Kieran Ikwan-McCabe and Catherine Burns!
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The annual Macmillan Academy Sports Day took place on 21 June at Middlesbrough Sports Village and was yet again a great success.
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We were very excited to welcome BBC Radio 1 and a fantastic range of guests who came to share their stories and motivate and empower our students.
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The annual Army Supercamp residential took place in April Year 10s taking part to learn more about the role of the army and the different careers available.
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The annual Spring Concert, held on April 4, was a resounding success and involved students from across all key stages of the academy.
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For the last three years, the Endeavour Academies trust based in Middlesbrough and the Education Village Academy Trust based in Darlington have been working together in partnership.
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The ski trip to Dachstein West in Austria over February half term was a fantastic success, click to read about the visit and see images from the week!
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BBC Bitesize visited the academy on their first North East schools tour promoting careers within the creative sector. The tour offered a wonderful opportunity to inform our students, in a fun and informative way.
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A group of year 8 students were invited to attend the Choose Your Future Event at Teesside University. The event was to inspire young people to think about career options and higher education.
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Post 16 students have been leading the way in the war against plastic at Macmillan Academy. A new campaign, entitled Refill not Landfill has been launched by Year 13 students.
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Year 11 students were dressed to impress on Thursday the 7th February for their annual fundraising fashion show. During the evening the audience was treated to displays of a range of different fashion collections.
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On Wednesday 30th January, the academy welcomed over 40 employers and training providers to speak with Key Stage 4 and 5 students at their Jobs Fair.
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On Thursday 6th December students from the music department enrichment groups performed to a sell-out audience for the 2018 Christmas concert.
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The Academy's first ever Christmas Market was held last week. It was a great way to begin the festive season and it proved a very successful event
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The annual Sports Awards took place on Tuesday 20th November to celebrate and reward students who have represented the academy in sport in 2017-18.
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Post 16 students recently flew to Krakow, Poland for a one-day visit to Auschwitz. This annual trip, organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust.
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Nationally Approved Task - Saturday 24 November. If you haven't recieved your letter by Friday 16 November 2018 please contact Mrs Gettings at the Academy.
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On 13th and 14th November, we were delighted to welcome the Royal Shakespeare Company to Macmillan Academy for their touring production of The Comedy of Errors.
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Academy students completed expeditions in the Lake District as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and gold awards, read and watch a full report here.
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To celebrate the European Day of Languages (26th September 2018) the Modern Foreign Languages and Art departments ran a joint competition inspired by European culture, languages and art.
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Each year staff and students at Macmillan join with others across the nation in taking time to reflect and mark the act of remembrance for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
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With the support of Oxfam, Macmillan Aademy Youth Ambassadors are educating others about where their food comes from and campaigning for change.
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On Friday 28 September Post 16 students and staff contributed to the World's Biggest Coffee Morning, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Staff and students were delighted to welcome visitors to our annual open evening on Thursday 20th September. As a result of detailed preparation and a high number of visitors, the event was a great success.
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Staff, students and parents at the Academy were celebrating on this week with the annual awards evening which is held in recognition of the many achievements their students have made over the last twelve months.
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The Academy's Year 11 students were celebrating opening their GCSE results this morning. 77% of the students achieved a grade 4 or above in both GCSE maths and English.
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Staff and students at Macmillan Academy are celebrating an excellent set of Post 16 results. We are absolutely delighted that all Year 13 courses have a 100% pass rate!
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The very last week of term has been a busy and exciting one for our new Post 16 students. Making the step from Year 11 into Year 12 is a big one, and bridging week aims to 'bridge the gap'.
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The National Literacy Trust partnered with Macmillan Academy this summer to run the Key Stage 3 Words for Work programme.
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We are delighted that the academy's Green Flag Award application has been successful again. The new International Eco-Schools award certificate is now on display in reception.
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Last week students from Year 7-9 had their timetables suspended to enable them to take part in a range of exciting challenges and activities.
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On Monday 9th July, 20 students and 3 members of staff headed off for their second cultural visit to New York City.
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One of the most eagerly anticipated events of the Macmillan Academy calendar fell on Friday June 29th 2018 when our current Year 11 students celebrated their Leaver' Ball.
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The annual academy health day took place on Friday 22nd June. Students participated in a myriad of workshops, all aimed at promoting a healthy mind and body.
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This week saw the culmination of months of hard work from staff and students alike with three performances of the annual academy production.
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After months of studying and revising, the exams are over! On Thursday 28 June, Year 13 students let their hair down in style at the Golden Room at the dickens Inn, Middlesbrough.
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We are delighted to announce that the Macmillan Academy Under 15 Girls football team are the new National Futsal Cup Champions! This was the superb result of a two-day long tournament, held in Derby.
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On Thursday 10th May, 60 of our Year 9 students took part in an exciting STEM day that was sponsored by The Smallpeice Trust and the RAF.
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The annual Spring Concert, held on May 1, was a resounding success and involved students from across all key stages of the academy.
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On Tuesday 24th April 10 Macmillan students and their parents attended the 19th Annual Awards Ceremony for the Student Librarian Training Scheme.
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Macmillan Academy students, along with our French exchange partners from Rambouillet in Paris, visited the pretty location of Saint Cyr in the Loire Valley.
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A group of Year 8 girls were invited to the Accenture Girls In Stem Event, at St James' Park, Newcastle. Now in its fourth year, this event is the biggest of its kind in our region and aims to change female perceptions of STEM.
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During the Easter holidays 154 students and 16 staff visited Madrid as part of the largest sports tour the academy has ever organised- and arguably it was the best yet!
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Teesside University held a 'Hello World' conference with the aim being to get girls excited about using computers and destroy the myth that computers are for boys.
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Year 11 enjoyed some welcome sunshine on their field trip to Gateshead, just one week after it being cancelled due to snow and ice!
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Macmillan 'headstart' students attended a training event at UCA last week to learn more about digital resilience and how to encourage peers to be safe online.
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Click here to read Year 12 student Tom Carmichael's excellent match report on Macmillan's superb cup final win. 'Coates' Nines secure County Cup in Scintillating Style'.
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The Youth Ambassadors group meet every Wednesday at lunchtime. The group is a mix of Y7-13 students. They decide on which particular issue they feel most strongly about and take it from there.
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A group of Year 9 students recently visited The University of York to attend the launch event of 'The Big Deal' project.
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In the last few weeks, all of our Key Stage 3 students have been investigating the themes of 'digital resilience', learning how to get the most out of online technologies and their potential dangers.
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Last week Post 16 business and enterprise students visited the Middlesbrough designer department store, Psyche to create their own visual merchandising display.
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Former student Ella Hanlon returned to the academy on Monday to talk to post 16 students about apprenticeships at IBM. The former student gained a place on the prestigious apprenticeship scheme and is currently working in London.
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The top chemists in Year 10 visited the University of Sheffield for a trip called 'The Smell of Chemistry'. The students participated in two interactive workshops in the university laboratory spaces.
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The Nourish students are extremely proud to launch the #lovefood recipe book. Macmillan students have been working hard for the last year to try, redevelop and test recipes in enrichment time.
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If you wish to contact the academy in respect of the recent release of secondary school places for September 2018, please ring Mrs Gettings on 01642 800800 from Monday March 5.
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Year 11 students were dressed to impress on Thursday the 8th February for their annual fundraising fashion show. During the evening the audience was treated to displays of a range of different fashion collections.
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We are delighted to announce that a team of 4 Year 8 students have won the Faraday Challenge hosted by Macmillan Academy on 24 January.
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Hayleigh Richardson from the National Citizen Service visited the academy to present a plaque and certificate to to the academy.
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Lauren Perkin from Middlesbrough Environmental City has delivered an assembly to our Year 7 through to Year 10 year groups this week, to raise the awareness of the benefits that the the reduction of sugar intake can bring.
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HeadStart - giving all Middlesbrough's children and young people the necessary support to build resilience to achieve good emotional health.
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Thinking about what to do after Year 11? There a quite a few changes to the curriculum at the moment both in KS4 and at Post 16. Click to watch a guide to help you make better choices.
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Post 16 students have worked hard to raise funds to support The Salvation Army's Annual Christmas appeal. Students organised a series of activities to provide opportunities for students to donate.
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Our Year 9 football team faced off against Gateshead outfit Cardinal Newman Catholic College for a place in the national cup quarter finals.
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This year, the much anticipated Post 16 Festive Fundraiser took place on Thursday 14 December. This annual event was great way to celebrate the forthcoming festive period.
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