Lift New Rickstones
Academy sponsor led secondary school in Witham (Essex).
Attainment 8
42.5
▼ 3.7 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
39.8%
▼ 7pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
90.8%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
19.0
▲ 2.3 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
27.3%
same England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
20.1%
▲ 6pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
111%
1,221 / 1,100 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Ungraded inspection
inspected Nov 2023
Location
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iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Lift New Rickstones is a secondary school located in Witham, Essex. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 and currently has 1,204 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,100. It is part of the LIFT SCHOOLS. The school is led by Mrs Michelle Hughes.
Enrichment
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Key facts
- URN
- 135651
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Essex
- Constituency
- Witham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2008
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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