Macmillan Academy is an academy

Academy (England)

In the education system of England, an academy is a school that is directly funded by central government and independent of control by local government in England. An academy may receive additional support from personal or corporate sponsors, either financially or in kind...

 in Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

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, North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

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, England

England

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The school was founded in 1989 as the Macmillan City Technology College, one of the first of 15 City Technology College

City Technology College

In England, a City Technology College is a state-funded all-ability secondary school that charges no fees but is independent of local authority control, being overseen directly by the Department for Education....

s established in England. It has excellent facilities, especially for science and technology lessons.
Its initial sponsors were the Macmillan Trust, a charity run by Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...

, and British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco

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The school converted to academy status in 2006.
An Ofsted

Ofsted

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inspection in 2007 rated the school as outstanding.