Lift New Rickstones
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Witham, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Lift New Rickstones is a secondary school in Witham, Essex for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 November 2023. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Lift New Rickstones catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Not published |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as was the case at 59 of the 71 other Essex secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 2026, there were 196 first-choice applications for 215 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 19 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex.
- In 2024/25, the Attainment 8 score was 40.6 (England 46), and the average A level grade was C- (England B-).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Essex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Conrad Road, Witham, CM8 2SD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,221 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 November 2023
Strengths
- “At New Rickstones Academy, pupils display positive attitudes towards their education.”
- “They talk animatedly about how their school continues to improve.”
- “They enjoy their lessons and often feel challenged by their work.”
To improve
- “However, not all staff are consistently well trained to support all pupils to meet the ambition of the new key stage 3 curriculum.”
- “Sometimes, the work that is given to pupils lacks ambition for what they should achieve.”
- “In other instances, teachers check what pupils know, but they do not use this information to clarify pupils’ misunderstandings.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 196 first-preference applications, 215 offers in total, 196 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- Lift Maltings 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Alec Hunter Academy 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Honywood School 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Thurstable School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form 4.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tabor Academy 6.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Plume School 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Boswells School 7.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published