Academy converter · Essex

Lift Plumberow

5–11Ages
633Pupils
PrimaryPhase
137381URN

Hamilton Gardens, Hockley, SS5 5BX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMar 2014

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jan 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.2per place

close to Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

192 applications for 88 places · 209th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

79%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMar 2014

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jan 2024

Inspection history

25 January 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
5 March 2014
Graded inspection: 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

2.2applications per place, Reception

close to Essex median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

192 applications · 88 places offered · 85 named it first

2026 2.2; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.2; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.2; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.4; Essex median median 2.3
2020 2.2; Essex median median 2.4
2019 2.8; Essex median median 2.5
2018 2.3; Essex median median 2.5
2017 2.1; Essex median median 2.6
2016 2.2; Essex median median 2.8
2015 2.6; Essex median median 2.7
2014 2.3; Essex median median 2.8

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	88	192	2.2	85	0.97
Sep 2025	86	190	2.2	74	0.86
Sep 2024	90	216	2.4	71	0.79
Sep 2023	73	162	2.2	69	0.95
Sep 2022	90	187	2.1	60	0.67
Sep 2021	90	216	2.4	79	0.88
Sep 2020	78	170	2.2	61	0.78
Sep 2019	67	185	2.8	62	0.93
Sep 2018	90	207	2.3	99	1.10
Sep 2017	88	182	2.1	82	0.93
Sep 2016	76	168	2.2	76	1.00
Sep 2015	90	238	2.6	106	1.18
Sep 2014	90	206	2.3	115	1.28

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 85% · Writing 91% · Maths 89% → all three 79% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard79%49th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard85%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard41%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard91%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth25%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard89%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard27%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (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	79%	14%	106	106
2023/24	77%	24%	107	106
2022/23	78%	15%	106	105

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 PlumberowThis school
This school

Remains Good2024

2.2applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Lift Hockley
1.3 km · Essex

2026

4.2applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Lift Westerings
1.6 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
Lift Ashingdon
1.6 km · Essex

Good2023

2.9applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Holt Farm Infant School
3.2 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place
Holt Farm Junior School
3.2 km · Essex

Good2024

60%met the SATs standard
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
3.4 km · Essex

Good2023

2.1applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Grove Wood Primary School
3.7 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Waterman Primary School
3.8 km · Essex

2026

1.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard

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

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 137381 · 881/5233
Trust: Lift Schools
Capacity: 650 pupils · 633 on roll
Free school meals: 6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2011
Replaced: Plumberow Primary School (URN 115273)
Address: Hamilton Gardens, Hockley, SS5 5BX
Local authority: Essex · Rochford

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