Secondary school

Lift Ryde

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Isle of Wight
  • PO33 3LN
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,994 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 61%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 83%83%2016/17: top 83%2017/18: top 73%2018/19: top 81%2021/22: top 70%2022/23: top 55%55% · 2022/232023/24: top 60%2024/25: top 61%No exams

A-level results

#190 of 394 South East sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South East

Attainment 843.8 · South East 464/10 Below+8.4 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths41.2% · South East 44.8%5/10 Middle
EBacc point score3.66 · South East 4.034/10 Below+5.6 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.06 · South East +0.015/10 Middle+21.4 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry35.54 · South East 33.477/10 Above+56.7 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 44.4 · 173 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 40 · 175 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 41.7 · 179 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 40.2 · 165 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 44.4 · 219 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 44.9 · 255 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 43.7 · 255 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 43.8 · 238 pupils · South East 4644.940No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 29% · 175 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 39% · 179 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 28% · 165 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 45% · 219 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 45% · 255 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 43.1% · 255 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 41.2% · 238 pupils · South East 44.8%45%28%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 18.91 · 33 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 19.22 · 26 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: 23.85 · 43 pupils · South East 30.252018/19: 28.1 · 78 pupils · South East 31.762021/22: 28.73 · 31 pupils · South East 36.42022/23: 23.56 · 30 pupils · South East 32.822023/24: 30.25 · 66 pupils · South East 32.832024/25: 35.54 · 64 pupils · South East 33.4735.5418.91No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in95.2%
259 of 272 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 95.2%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st272259
2nd385
3rd301

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Inadequate
  4. 2014Requires improvement
  5. 2015Ungraded visit
  6. 2016Good
  7. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,461
Free school meals (past 6 years)27.6%
First language not English6.6%
SEN support19.3%
EHC plan3.8%
Absence (sessions missed)10.3%
Persistently absent pupils30.0%

Girls 50.7%Boys 49.3%

97.4% full · 1,500 places · 102 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.8
Pupils per adult15.2
  • Classroom teachers 77
  • Leadership 5
  • Teaching assistants 14.1
  • Other support 39.9

Teachers 82 FTE · Whole workforce 135.9 · 155 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,191
Spend per pupil£6,953
Staff spend per pupil£5,584
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,772,000in-year balance

Grants £8,002 · self-generated £189 · premises £337 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: LIFT SCHOOLS (57 academies) · trust reserve £30,975,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

255 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.6%
  • Education83.9%
  • Apprenticeship4.3%
  • Employment2.4%
  • Not sustained6.7%
  • Unknown2.7%

After sixth form (16–18)

75 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained84%
  • Education50.7%
  • Higher education45.3%
  • Apprenticeship9.3%
  • Employment24%
  • Not sustained10.7%
  • Unknown5.3%