Lift Greensward
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hockley, SS5 5HG
- Distance
- 2.7km away
The King Edmund School
Vaughan Close, Rochford, SS4 1TL
Local ranking69th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1600
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 23 January 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 27.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 217
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Higher education
- 26.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 44.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
22.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
19.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
56
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 205
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1354
- Boys
- 636 (48%)
- Girls
- 682 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1600 (82% full)
- SEND
- 13.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.5%
- EAL
- 6.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 10.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,013/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
- 9.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.0%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Black Other: 0.7%
87.0%
White British
2.8%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Vaughan Close
Rochford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136868
- UKPRN
- 10033701
- Establishment No.
- 5421
- Trust
- THE KING EDMUND SCHOOL
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