Lift Clacton
Ofsted: Good
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 3JL
- Distance
- 8.6km away
Colne Community School
Church Road, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0QL
Local ranking34th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1540
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 27 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 235
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1283
- Boys
- 667 (52%)
- Girls
- 622 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1540 (84% full)
- SEND
- 14.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.9%
- EAL
- 3.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 11.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,593/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
- 8.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.1%
- White Other: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Other: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
89.1%
White British
3.7%
White Other
1.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 146795
- UKPRN
- 10082306
- Establishment No.
- 4032
- Trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST
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