Latest Ofsted
Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework
No overall grade given
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Sixth form provision | Inadequate |
Inspection history
- 20 May 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade · as Lift Columbus, URN 138122
- 11 May 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) · as Lift Columbus, URN 138122
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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.
School details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Phase
- Not applicable
- URN · DfE number
- 152695 · 881/5950
- Trust
- The Bridge MAT Ltd
- Capacity
- 270 pupils
- Opened
- 1 September 2026
- Replaced
- Lift Columbus (URN 138122); Columbus School and College (URN 135768)
- Address
- Oliver Way, Chelmsford, CM1 4ZB
- Local authority
- Essex · Chelmsford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources