Lift Maltings
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D45
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Witham, CM8 1EP
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Lift New Rickstones
Conrad Road, Witham, CM8 2SD
Local ranking51st of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 9 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 181
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 26.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 46.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
19
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 124
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1204
- Boys
- 649 (53%)
- Girls
- 572 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (111% full)
- SEND
- 19.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.3%
- EAL
- 4.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.9%
- SEN Support
- 16.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,749/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.9%
- White Other: 3.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
87.9%
White British
3.6%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Conrad Road
Witham, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 135651
- UKPRN
- 10024181
- Establishment No.
- 6905
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
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