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Lift Hockley

Rochford · SS5 4UR

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 331 pupils, 6.6% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

Parent score Rate this school No reviews yet - be the first SEN 8.8% on SEN support Behaviour 3.3% absence rate Staff 8.9% turnover Financials £5,816 per pupil Environment Buildings and facilities

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Lift Hockley

General Information

Address: Chevening Gardens, Hockley, SS5 4UR – View on map
Phone: 01702202394
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr David Jenkins
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 59 families put it first for 45 places – 13 for every 10 places. 75% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 13 · 2025 9 · 2026 13
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

331 pupils out of 330 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 22
% eligible for free school meals: 6.6%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Rochford average)
English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 8.9% a year (Rochford 12.8%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Essex: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 28 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 17 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Essex (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 3.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 3.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 8.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Physical disability: 2 pupils
Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card February 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
Achievement Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
Early years Expected standard
Leadership and governance Expected standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Outstanding (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 29% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 14 percentage points above the Rochford average (66%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 83% against an expected 69%)
3-year average (expected standard): 83%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 87% · Maths 91% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 89%
Average test scores: reading 110, maths 109
Based on: 45 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolRochford averageEngland↘ Falling Down 5 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 14 percentage points above the Rochford average (66%).

Year 6 SATs: 5th of 21 junior and primary schools in the area

#3Lift Westerings85%
#4Down Hall Primary School81%
#5Lift Hockley80%
#6Lift Plumberow79%
#7Rayleigh Primary School78%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Stambridge Primary School100%
#2Lift Ashingdon87%
#3Lift Westerings85%
#4Down Hall Primary School81%
#5Lift Hockley80%
#6Lift Plumberow79%
#7Rayleigh Primary School78%
#8Rochford Primary and Nursery School77%
#9Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School70%
#10Barling Magna Primary Academy68%
#11Grove Wood Primary School65%
=12Glebe Primary School60%
=12Holt Farm Junior School60%
=12Riverside Primary School60%
#15Canewdon Church of England Primary School59%
#16Edward Francis Primary School57%
#17Waterman Primary School50%
#18Wyburns Primary School45%
#19Great Wakering Primary Academy40%
#20St Teresa's Catholic Primary School38%
#21St Nicholas Church of England Primary School32%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £5,816 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

16th of 20 primary schools in Rochford for spending per pupil

#14Lift Ashingdon£5,876
#15Grove Wood Primary School£5,823
#16Lift Hockley£5,816
#17Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School£5,799
#18Rayleigh Primary School£5,639

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Waterman Primary School£21,938
#2Canewdon Church of England Primary School£8,941
#3Stambridge Primary School£8,938
#4Barling Magna Primary Academy£7,327
#5St Nicholas Church of England Primary School£7,136
#6Glebe Primary School£6,953
#7St Teresa's Catholic Primary School£6,902
#8Wyburns Primary School£6,838
#9Rochford Primary and Nursery School£6,574
#10Great Wakering Primary Academy£6,302
#11Edward Francis Primary School£6,186
#12Riverside Primary School£6,044
#13Down Hall Primary School£6,032
#14Lift Ashingdon£5,876
#15Grove Wood Primary School£5,823
#16Lift Hockley£5,816
#17Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School£5,799
#18Rayleigh Primary School£5,639
#19Lift Westerings£5,303
#20Lift Plumberow£4,995

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

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