Lift Caldicotes
Spencerfield Crescent, Middlesbrough, TS3 9HD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Principal
- Principal Helen Steele
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 234
- URN
- 139476
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642243040
About this school
Lift Caldicotes is a primary academy in Middlesbrough. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 234 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lift Caldicotes, 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 30 | 27 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 70% | 85% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 70% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 78% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 78% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 102.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 Caldicotes has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Middlesbrough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 80% | 55.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 57% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 85% | 58.6% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 256 |
| 2023/24 | 252 |
| 2024/25 | 238 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lift Caldicotes compares
Lift Caldicotes ranked 4th of 40 primary schools in Middlesbrough for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 94% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 85% | 6.6% | 76.4% | 234 | — |
| St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School | 41% | 6.1% | 40.3% | 410 | 0.3 miles |
| South Bank Community Primary School | 30% | 7.5% | 61.3% | 346 | 0.4 miles |
| Brambles Primary Academy | 80% | 5.4% | 70.5% | 359 | 0.5 miles |
| Thorntree Academy | 74% | 8% | 73.3% | 252 | 0.5 miles |
| Corpus Christi RC Primary School | 39% | 5.1% | 53.1% | 251 | 0.6 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 76.41%
- English as an additional language
- 2.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.59%
- Persistent absence
- 20.69%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Margaret Clitherows RC Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
South Bank Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Brambles Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Thorntree Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
-
Corpus Christi RC Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Middlesbrough
Other schools in Middlesbrough
Lift Caldicotes ranks 6th of the 57 ranked primary schools in Middlesbrough.
- Abingdon Primary School Primary
- Acklam Whin Primary School Primary
- Archibald Primary School Primary
- Ayresome Primary School Primary
- Bankfields Primary School Primary
- Beech Grove Primary School Primary
- Berwick Hills Primary School Primary
- Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Brambles Primary Academy Primary
- Breckon Hill Primary School Primary
- Caedmon Primary School Primary
- Carlton and Faceby Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Lift Caldicotes teach?
- Lift Caldicotes teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Middlesbrough.
- Who is the principal of Lift Caldicotes?
- The principal of Lift Caldicotes is Principal Helen Steele, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lift Caldicotes been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Caldicotes, 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 Caldicotes?
- Lift Caldicotes has 234 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Lift Caldicotes full?
- Lift Caldicotes has capacity for 270 pupils and 234 on roll (87%), 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 Caldicotes a faith school?
- No. Lift Caldicotes has no designated religious character.
- Does Lift Caldicotes have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lift Caldicotes as having nursery classes.
- Is Lift Caldicotes part of an academy trust?
- Lift Caldicotes 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 Caldicotes's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 80% in 2022/23 and 85% 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 Caldicotes compare with other schools in Middlesbrough?
- Lift Caldicotes ranked 4th of 40 primary schools in Middlesbrough for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 94% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% 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 Caldicotes's absence rate?
- Lift Caldicotes's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Caldicotes's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Caldicotes'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.