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Lift Hamford
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Elm Tree Avenue, Walton on the Naze CO14 8TE · lifthamford.org · 01255 673415
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 393
- 113 over 280 places · 140%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.6%
- First language not English
- 2.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lift Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 47 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 47 | 38 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 38 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 38 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Lift Hamford 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 education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (79 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 79
- 22% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (18%) with SEND