Lift Maltings
Spinks Lane, Witham, CM8 1EP
Local ranking65th of 82 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 39.9
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.2%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.9%
- Entering EBacc
- 19.3%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3
- 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%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.8%
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: 78.2%
- White Other: 4.2%
- Other: 4.2%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
- Black Caribbean: 1.3%
78.2%
White British
4.2%
White Other
4.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 135653
- UKPRN
- 10024183
- Establishment No.
- 6907
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS