Lift Greensward
Greensward Lane, Hockley, SS5 5HG
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Katie Scarnell
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,650
- Pupils on roll
- 1,605
- URN
- 135652
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01702202571
About this school
Lift Greensward is a secondary academy in Hockley. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,605 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 16 November 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 255 | 266 | 269 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.6 | 46.6 | 49.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.25 +0.08 to +0.43 | -0.08 -0.25 to +0.09 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% | 51.1% | 55.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 72.9% | 77.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 35% | 32.7% | 20.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lift Greensward has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50.6 | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.6 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.4 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,571 |
| 2023/24 | 1,580 |
| 2024/25 | 1,613 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lift Greensward compares
Lift Greensward ranked 19th of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.4 | 6.3% | 14.2% | 1,605 | — |
| The King Edmund School | 36.3 | 9.7% | 33.5% | 1,318 | 1.7 miles |
| The FitzWimarc School | 45.2 | 7.6% | 15.2% | 1,770 | 2.5 miles |
| The Sweyne Park School | 44 | 7.8% | 19.9% | 1,429 | 3.0 miles |
| The Eastwood Academy | 51.6 | 6.3% | 18.6% | 1,154 | 3.0 miles |
| William de Ferrers School | 44.1 | 9.1% | 17.5% | 1,237 | 3.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.16%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.25%
- Persistent absence
- 14.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The King Edmund School1.7 miles
Secondary · Rochford
-
The FitzWimarc School2.5 miles
Secondary · Rayleigh
-
The Sweyne Park School3.0 miles
Secondary · Rayleigh
-
The Eastwood Academy3.0 miles
Secondary · Leigh-on-Sea
-
William de Ferrers School3.3 miles
Secondary · Chelmsford
Other schools in Hockley
- Lift Hockley Primary
- Lift Plumberow Primary
- Lift Westerings Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lift Greensward teach?
- Lift Greensward teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Hockley.
- Who is the head teacher of Lift Greensward?
- The head teacher of Lift Greensward is Mrs Katie Scarnell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lift Greensward last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Greensward, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lift Greensward?
- Lift Greensward has 1,605 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Lift Greensward full?
- Lift Greensward has capacity for 1,650 pupils and 1,605 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lift Greensward a faith school?
- No. Lift Greensward has no designated religious character.
- Is Lift Greensward a selective school?
- No. Lift Greensward is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Lift Greensward?
- Lift Greensward is part of LIFT SCHOOLS. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Lift Greensward's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.6 in 2022/23 and 49.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lift Greensward rank locally?
- Lift Greensward ranked 19th of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 74% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lift Greensward's absence rate?
- Lift Greensward's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Greensward's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Greensward's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.