Lift Tendring
Rochford Way, Frinton-on-Sea, CO13 0AZOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Lift Tendring is a secondary school in Frinton-on-Sea for ages 11 to 19. It is one of the 604 schools in Essex. It ranks 61st of 78 secondary schools in Essex. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 21 May 2024, report published 16 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 21 May 2024
Pupils enjoy attending Tendring Technology College. They are safe and can learn in a productive environment. Pupils have seen dramatic improvements to their educational experience since the school's last full inspection in November 2021. Pupils achieve increasingly well. Staff expect pupils to work hard, and they consistently apply these expectations in lessons. Most pupils respond eagerly. Sixth- form students speak highly of the school's ethos, the range of opportunities it provides and the support they receive from both their teachers and pastoral staff. They feel challenged to achieve well. Staff expect pupils to be kind and they respond to this well. Pupils know to report any form of unkindness and how to report it. This has improved significantly since the last full inspection. The range of wider opportunities available to pupils, such as sporting clubs, enables them to develop their character. This is reflected through the positive way in which school staff and visitors are treated. Pupils and students have also had the chance to attend cultural experiences, such a seeing live performances from the British Chamber Orchestra, broadening their horizons.
What the school should improve
- While attendance is improving, too many disadvantaged children do not attend school often enough. As a result, they miss out on the opportunity to engage in the good quality of education and structure provided by the school. The school should ensure that its systems for tackling absence are sufficiently precise to improve levels of attendance further for the most vulnerable pupils.
- In a small number of subjects, the way teachers use assessment and feedback is not always effective. Pupils do not always act on the feedback they get. As a result, in these subjects, some pupils do not make the improvements needed to move their learning on. The school should ensure that the existing system for assessing pupils understanding is consistently applied by teachers and used by pupils.
Exam results
GCSE results (key stage 4), 2024/25
297 pupils in the year group
A level results (key stage 5), 2024/25
54 students
Average A level grade C-, England average B-
Pupil numbers and mix
1,464 pupils on roll, with places for 1,980
Schools near Lift Tendring
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clacton County High School | 5 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 38.6 |
| Lift Clacton | 6 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 30.0 |
| Harwich and Dovercourt High School | 6 miles | Report card: Urgent improvement to needs attention | Attainment 8: 37.6 |
| Felixstowe School | 10 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 38.5 |
| Royal Hospital School | 10 miles | No Ofsted inspection | Attainment 8: 50.9 |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mr Tom Burt
- Phone
- 01255672116
- Address
- Rochford Way, Frinton-on-Sea, CO13 0AZ
- Local authority
- Essex
- URN
- 137188
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.