Lift Columbus
Patching Hall Lane, Essex, Chelmsford, CM1 4ZB
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Trust
- THE BRIDGE MAT LTD
- Headteacher
- Ms Carley Rawlings
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- The Bridge MAT Ltd
- Constituency
- Chelmsford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- URN
- 152695
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Lift Columbus is a special academy in Chelmsford. It teaches children aged 3 to 19.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Lift Columbus under its current framework. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Lift Columbus has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2026, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Before converting it was Lift Columbus. The history below belongs to that predecessor school, not to the school as it runs today.
Predecessor school: Lift Columbus (closed August 2026)
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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Sixth form
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
Location
Nearby schools
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The Hawthorns School0.8 miles
Free Schools · Chelmsford
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The Sir Geoff Hurst Academy0.8 miles
Free Schools · Chelmsford
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High Trees0.8 miles
Special schools · London
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Anglia Ruskin University1.0 miles
Universities · Chelmsford
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Chelmsford Hospital School1.4 miles
Independent schools · Chelmsford
Other schools in Chelmsford
- Clarity Independent School Special schools
- Community College Initiative Ltd Other types
- The Hawthorns School Free Schools
- The Sir Geoff Hurst Academy Free Schools
- Thriftwood School Academies
- Tanglewood Nursery School Nursery
- Woodcroft Nursery School Nursery
- Baddow Hall Infant School Primary
- Baddow Hall Junior School Primary
- Barnes Farm Primary School Primary
- Beehive Lane Community Primary School Primary
- Boreham Primary School Primary
Recorded changes at this school
Previous headteacher: Ms Michelle Hughes (until September 2026).
- Headteacher changed from Ms Michelle Hughes to Ms Carley Rawlings recorded 2 Sep 2026
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 2 September 2026.