Lift Clacton
Secondary schoolLift Clacton is a secondary school in Tendring, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 1,466 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- 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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Lift Clacton was 29.6, against 36.8 in Tendring and 46.2 in England.
14.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Tendring | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 29.6 | 36.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 14.9% | 30.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 33.2% | 48.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 262 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- White Hall Academy and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)380 m
- Learn and Prosper SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file660 m
- St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- Cann Hall Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2022. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- Minerva Independent SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file870 m
- Oakwood Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met920 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Tendring
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).