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Lift Caldicotes
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Spencerfield Crescent, Middlesbrough TS3 9HD · caldicotesprimaryacademy.org · 01642 243040
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 85%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Middlesbrough 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Middlesbrough Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 234
- 87% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 74.7%
- First language not English
- 4.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lift Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Middlesbrough Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put the school first and 23 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 | 23 | 21 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 37 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
Results
In 2024/25, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Middlesbrough it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲85% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lift Caldicotes on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Sept 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good