Academy converter · Essex

Lift Ashingdon

5–11Ages
206Pupils
PrimaryPhase
137378URN

Fambridge Road, Ashingdon, Rochford, SS4 3LN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.9per place

0.5 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

86 applications for 30 places · 95th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

87%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.9applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Essex median (2.4) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

86 applications · 30 places offered · 25 named it first

2026 2.9; Essex median median 2.4
2025 4.1; Essex median median 2.4
2024 4.3; Essex median median 2.4
2023 3.9; Essex median median 2.4
2022 3.4; Essex median median 2.4
2021 3.9; Essex median median 2.3
2020 3.4; Essex median median 2.4
2019 4.0; Essex median median 2.5
2018 3.6; Essex median median 2.5
2017 3.7; Essex median median 2.6
2016 4.3; Essex median median 2.8
2015 4.8; Essex median median 2.7
2014 4.2; Essex median median 2.8

More applications per place than the Essex median in 13 of 13 years.

This school
Essex median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	86	2.9	25	0.83
Sep 2025	30	122	4.1	32	1.07
Sep 2024	30	129	4.3	37	1.23
Sep 2023	30	118	3.9	36	1.20
Sep 2022	29	98	3.4	23	0.79
Sep 2021	30	116	3.9	29	0.97
Sep 2020	30	102	3.4	30	1.00
Sep 2019	30	120	4.0	37	1.23
Sep 2018	30	108	3.6	30	1.00
Sep 2017	30	112	3.7	30	1.00
Sep 2016	29	124	4.3	29	1.00
Sep 2015	30	145	4.8	26	0.87
Sep 2014	30	127	4.2	31	1.03

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 87% · Writing 87% · Maths 97% → all three 87% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard87%14th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard87%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard63%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard87%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth40%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard97%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard43%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	87%	30%	110	109
2023/24	84%	9%	108	107
2022/23	83%	10%	108	106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Lift AshingdonThis school
This school

Good2023

2.9applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Lift Plumberow
1.6 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

2.2applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Holt Farm Infant School
2.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place
Lift Westerings
2.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
Holt Farm Junior School
2.9 km · Essex

Good2024

60%met the SATs standard
Lift Hockley
2.9 km · Essex

2026

4.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
3.1 km · Essex

Good2023

2.1applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Waterman Primary School
3.2 km · Essex

2026

1.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Rochford Primary and Nursery School
3.7 km · Essex

2026

3.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 137378 · 881/5235
Trust: Lift Schools
Capacity: 210 pupils · 206 on roll
Free school meals: 8.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2011
Replaced: Ashingdon School (URN 115275)
Address: Fambridge Road, Ashingdon, Rochford, SS4 3LN
Local authority: Essex · Rochford

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources