Lift Offa's Mead
Beachley Road, Sedbury, Chepstow, NP16 7DT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Principal
- Principal David Wayland
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 128
- URN
- 138786
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01291622932
About this school
Lift Offa's Mead is a primary academy in Chepstow. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 128 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lift Offa's Mead, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 24 | 16 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 54% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | 8% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 58% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 79% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 79% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lift Offa's Mead has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 56.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 145 |
| 2023/24 | 120 |
| 2024/25 | 138 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lift Offa's Mead compares
Lift Offa's Mead ranked 79th of 209 primary schools in Gloucestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 6.7% | 50.7% | 128 | — |
| Tutshill Church of England Primary School | 73% | 4.1% | 5.2% | 211 | 0.9 miles |
| Oldbury on Severn Church of England Primary School | — | 7.3% | 17.3% | 83 | 4.3 miles |
| Woolaston Primary School | 52% | 4.8% | 9.9% | 113 | 5.1 miles |
| Olveston Church of England Primary School | 83% | 4.1% | 4% | 201 | 5.4 miles |
| St Peter's Anglican / Methodist VC Primary | 65% | 5.8% | 9.1% | 147 | 5.5 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)
- 50.72%
- English as an additional language
- 32.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.68%
- Persistent absence
- 29.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tutshill Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chepstow
-
Oldbury on Severn Church of England Primary School4.3 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
Woolaston Primary School5.1 miles
Primary · Lydney
-
Olveston Church of England Primary School5.4 miles
Primary · Bristol
-
St Peter's Anglican / Methodist VC Primary5.5 miles
Primary · Bristol
Other schools in Chepstow
- Tutshill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre Secondary
- Dean Close St John's Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Lift Offa's Mead teach?
- Lift Offa's Mead teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chepstow.
- Who is the principal of Lift Offa's Mead?
- The principal of Lift Offa's Mead is Principal David Wayland, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lift Offa's Mead been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Offa's Mead, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Lift Offa's Mead?
- Lift Offa's Mead has 128 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Lift Offa's Mead full?
- Lift Offa's Mead has capacity for 210 pupils and 128 on roll (61%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lift Offa's Mead a faith school?
- No. Lift Offa's Mead has no designated religious character.
- Is Lift Offa's Mead part of an academy trust?
- Lift Offa's Mead 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 Offa's Mead's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 69% 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 Offa's Mead compare with other schools in Gloucestershire?
- Lift Offa's Mead ranked 79th of 209 primary schools in Gloucestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% 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 Offa's Mead's absence rate?
- Lift Offa's Mead's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Offa's Mead's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Offa's Mead'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.