Lift Caldicotes
Primary schoolLift Caldicotes is a primary school in Middlesbrough, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 234 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 September 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 85% of pupils at Lift Caldicotes met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Middlesbrough and 62% in England.
8% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Middlesbrough | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 85% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- Mackenzie Thorpe CentreSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file710 m
- South Bank Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), June 2024. 30% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- Brambles Primary AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- Reintegreat Education Solutions LtdIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file800 m
- Thorntree AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)800 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Middlesbrough
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).