Primary school

Lift Caldicotes

  • Academy Converter
  • ages 2–11
  • Mixed
  • Middlesbrough
  • TS3 9HD
Ofsted areas (no overall grade) · inspected Sep 2024

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 962 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 7%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 96%96%2016/17: top 91%2017/18: top 7%7% · 2017/182018/19: top 26%2022/23: top 10%2023/24: top 32%2024/25: top 7%No exams

Against North East

Expected standard, RWM85% · North East 67%Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM8% · North East 8%Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score106 · North East 105Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score106 · North East 105Small cohort: 26 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 24% · 29 pupils · North East 58%2016/17: 40% · 20 pupils · North East 68%2017/18: 88% · 26 pupils · North East 72%2018/19: 77% · 30 pupils · North East 69%2022/23: 80% · 30 pupils · North East 65%2023/24: 70% · 27 pupils · North East 64%2024/25: 85% · 26 pupils · North East 67%88%24%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 29 pupils · North East 5%2016/17: 0% · 20 pupils · North East 7%2017/18: 4% · 26 pupils · North East 10%2018/19: 0% · 30 pupils · North East 10%2022/23: 10% · 30 pupils · North East 7%2023/24: 0% · 27 pupils · North East 6%2024/25: 8% · 26 pupils · North East 8%10%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 99 · 29 pupils · North East 1032016/17: 98 · 20 pupils · North East 1042017/18: 108 · 26 pupils · North East 1062018/19: 102 · 30 pupils · North East 1052022/23: 107 · 30 pupils · North East 1052023/24: 102 · 27 pupils · North East 1052024/25: 106 · 26 pupils · North East 10510898No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 100 · 29 pupils · North East 1032016/17: 102 · 20 pupils · North East 1052017/18: 107 · 26 pupils · North East 1052018/19: 105 · 30 pupils · North East 1052022/23: 105 · 30 pupils · North East 1042023/24: 104 · 27 pupils · North East 1042024/25: 106 · 26 pupils · North East 105107100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
21 of 21 who put it first2014 · 67.4%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2121
2nd50
3rd30

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2005–2024

  • Personal developmentGood
  • Quality of educationGood
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Early years provisionOutstanding
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • SafeguardingEffective
  1. 2005Outstandingas predecessor
  2. 2008Outstandingas predecessor
  3. 2012Goodas predecessor
  4. 2016Ungraded visit
  5. 2020Remains Good
  6. 2024Lowest Good

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026234
Free school meals (past 6 years)76.4%
First language not English2.9%
SEN support23.5%
EHC plan2.5%
Absence (sessions missed)6.6%
Persistently absent pupils20.7%

Girls 50.8%Boys 49.2%

86.7% full · 270 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.0
Pupils per adult12.8
  • Classroom teachers 8.6
  • Leadership 4
  • Teaching assistants 4.1
  • Other support 3.9

Teachers 12.6 FTE · Whole workforce 20.6 · 26 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,945
Spend per pupil£7,030
Staff spend per pupil£5,349
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£215,000in-year balance

Grants £7,911 · self-generated £34 · premises £357 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