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Lift Ryde

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Pell Lane, Ryde PO33 3LN · 01983 567331

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
43.8
average Attainment 8 score. Isle of Wight 41.5, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,461
97% of 1,500 places
Local authority
Isle of Wight
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
27.4%
First language not English
6.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Lift Schools

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 272 families put the school first and 265 places were offered; 95% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 274 (Places 266)274September 2023: 285 (Places 264)285September 2024: 286 (Places 265)286September 2025: 295 (Places 263)295September 2026: 272 (Places 265)272Places 265
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262652721▲95%
September 2025Sept 20252632951.1▲88%
September 2024Sept 20242652861.1▲92%
September 2023Sept 20232642851.1▲89%
September 2022Sept 20222662741▲94%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.8, and 41.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Isle of Wight it was 41.5, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 40.0 (England 46.3)40.02017/18: 41.7 (England 46.5)41.72018/19: 40.2 (England 46.7)40.22021/22: 44.4 (England 48.8)44.42022/23: 44.9 (England 46.3)44.92023/24: 43.7 (England 45.9)43.72024/25: 43.8 (England 46.0)43.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼43.846.0
▼41.2%45.4%
●65.5%64.8%
▼22.7%40.5%
▼3.664.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form27.5−12.7
Further education54.9+14.7
Other education1.6−0.7
Apprenticeship4.3+1.1
Employment2.4+0.1
Not in a lasting destination6.7−2.4
Activity not captured2.70

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 18.9 (England 30.5)D2016/17: 19.2 (England 31.1)D2017/18: 23.9 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 28.1 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 28.7 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 23.6 (England 34.2)D+2023/24: 30.3 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 35.5 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
64 studentsB- (35.5)Average +0.17
64 studentsB- (35.6)Average +0.17
37 studentsMerit+ (28.3)Average -0.11
11.4%AAB or better
89.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2466C (30.3)-0.03
2022/2330D+ (23.6)—
2021/2231C (28.7)—
2018/1978C- (28.1)+0.11
2017/1843D+ (23.9)-0.43
2016/1726D (19.2)-0.17
2015/1633D (18.9)-0.07

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University45.3−3.3
Further education5.4−8.9
Apprenticeship9.3+3.6
Employment24+4
Not in a lasting destination10.7+2.1
Activity not captured5.3+2.4

Ofsted

Lift Ryde was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
15 Nov 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2016

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (293 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
84%
Replies
293
21% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼82% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼84% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼75% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼77% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼83% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼62% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▼78% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●91% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼87% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼65% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼72% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 74% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲54% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 37% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼64% agreeEngland 67%

based on 79 parents (27%) with SEND

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