Lift North Ormesby
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Middlesbrough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.750 miles
Published by Middlesbrough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lift North Ormesby is a primary school in Middlesbrough for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Lift North Ormesby 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.750 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.750 miles, 12th longest of 41 Middlesbrough primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.92 miles).
- The Reception 2026 distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2022; it has swung sharply between years, most of all from 2025 to 2026.
- For Reception 2026 there were 20 first-choice applications for 25 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Middlesbrough.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Middlesbrough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- James Street, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, TS3 6LB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Staff are highly skilled in crafting relationships with new pupils and their families.”
- “Young interpreters help those who are new to the school feel at home.”
- “Staff use the school mascot ‘TIM’ to promote high expectations in behaviour, attendance and academic learning.”
To improve
- “Although the vast majority of pupils build their phonics knowledge well, a few pupils are less secure.”
- “The books that some pupils read are not matched sufficiently well to the sounds that they know.”
- “This hinders their reading fluency.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 63% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 20 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Middlesbrough.
- St Alphonsus' Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Breckon Hill Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abingdon Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Berwick Hills Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Corpus Christi RC Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pallister Park Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brambles Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published