Lift Winton

Winton Community Academy is performing well and continues to be regarded as a good school since its last inspection in 2018. The school has recently expanded, which has allowed leaders to enhance resources and course options for students, particularly in the arts. Most students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), are making good progress through the curriculum, and the school fosters a positive, respectful culture where students feel safe, although some issues with bullying and student behavior have been noted.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with high aspirations for all pupils
• Broad curriculum with improved options for languages and the arts
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Strong reading support and promotion within the school
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils
• Effective safeguarding measures in place
• Well-planned personal development and careers education

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the curriculum across some lessons
• Minority of pupils not fully respecting behavior expectations

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Lift Winton attended 90.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 8.7% of pupils at Lift Winton were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Lift Winton had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 32.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.2% of pupils at Lift Winton were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 8.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Lift Winton received £8,484 and spent £8,145 for each of its 1,034 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £830,000 (£803 per pupil).

Across all 59 schools of Lift Schools, income was £8,746 and spending £8,644 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Andover · Hampshire local authority: places and applications

Lift Winton is part of Lift Schools, which runs 62 schools. The nearest others:

• Lift New Forest Southampton
• Lift East Wichel Swindon
• Lift Hazelwood Swindon
• Lift Ryde Ryde
• Lift Wishmore Woking
• Lift Broadlands Bristol
• Marling School Stroud
• Lift Callowell Stroud
• Lift Kingsley Hounslow
• Lift Cam Woodfield Junior Dursley

What is Lift Winton's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lift Winton is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Lift Winton last inspected by Ofsted?

Lift Winton was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Lift Winton have?

Lift Winton has 978 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lift Winton cover?

Lift Winton for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Lift Winton's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 35.9, and 23% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Lift Winton?

Lift Winton is at London Road, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 2PS.