Lift New Rickstones
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Witham, CM8 2SD
- Distance
- 7.5km away
Honywood School
Westfield Drive, Coggeshall, Colchester, CO6 1PZ
Local ranking42nd of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
800
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 6 December 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 155
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 821
- Boys
- 447 (53%)
- Girls
- 402 (47%)
- Capacity
- 800 (106% full)
- SEND
- 27.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.5%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.7%
- SEN Support
- 20.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,531/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
- 24.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 87.9%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
- Black African: 2.2%
- Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
87.9%
White British
2.8%
White Other
2.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Westfield Drive
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136729
- UKPRN
- 10033588
- Establishment No.
- 4400
- Trust
- SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST
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