Lift Hockley
Chevening Gardens, Hockley, SS5 4UR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Headteacher
- Mr David Jenkins
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 330
- Pupils on roll
- 331
- URN
- 146181
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01702202394
About this school
Lift Hockley is a primary academy in Hockley. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 331 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 46 | 47 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 85% | 85% | 80% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | 17% | 29% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 87% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 89% | 91% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 91% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
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 Hockley 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 | 85% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 85% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 80% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 2.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 339 |
| 2023/24 | 333 |
| 2024/25 | 332 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lift Hockley compares
Lift Hockley ranked 42nd of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 80% | 3.3% | 10.2% | 331 | — |
| Lift Westerings | 85% | 3.2% | 7% | 417 | 0.7 miles |
| Lift Plumberow | 79% | 3.4% | 7% | 633 | 0.8 miles |
| Grove Wood Primary School | 65% | 4.2% | 9.5% | 630 | 1.6 miles |
| Edward Francis Primary School | 57% | 4.2% | 9.4% | 423 | 1.7 miles |
| Down Hall Primary School | 81% | 4.9% | 17.5% | 272 | 1.7 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)
- 10.24%
- English as an additional language
- 1.2%
- Overall absence
- 3.27%
- Persistent absence
- 3.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lift Westerings0.7 miles
Primary · Hockley
-
Lift Plumberow0.8 miles
Primary · Hockley
-
Grove Wood Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Rayleigh
-
Edward Francis Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Rayleigh
-
Down Hall Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Rayleigh
Other schools in Hockley
- Lift Plumberow Primary
- Lift Westerings Primary
- Lift Greensward Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lift Hockley teach?
- Lift Hockley teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Hockley.
- Who is the headteacher of Lift Hockley?
- The headteacher of Lift Hockley is Mr David Jenkins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lift Hockley last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Hockley, 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 Hockley?
- Lift Hockley has 331 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Lift Hockley full?
- Lift Hockley has capacity for 330 pupils and 331 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Hockley a faith school?
- No. Lift Hockley has no designated religious character.
- Does Lift Hockley have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Lift Hockley as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Lift Hockley?
- Lift Hockley 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 Hockley's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 85% in 2022/23 and 80% 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 Hockley rank locally?
- Lift Hockley ranked 42nd of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 87% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 97% 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 Hockley's absence rate?
- Lift Hockley's overall absence rate is 3.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Hockley's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Hockley'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 10 July 2026.