Lift New Rickstones
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Witham, CM8 2SD
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Lift Maltings
Spinks Lane, Witham, CM8 1EP
Local ranking64th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 39.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 19.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 166
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2021-22*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.5
Avg Points/Entry
12
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 38.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 52
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 841
- Boys
- 410 (49%)
- Girls
- 431 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (76% full)
- SEND
- 15.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.8%
- EAL
- 6.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 11.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 47.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,905/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.8% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 80.0%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Black African: 3.7%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
80.0%
White British
4.3%
White Other
3.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Spinks Lane
Witham, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 135653
- UKPRN
- 10024183
- Establishment No.
- 6907
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
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