Lift Utterby

Lift Utterby is performing strongly overall, having established a positive and safe learning environment where pupils achieve well academically, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics. The school has shown clear improvements in teaching methods, particularly in early reading, leading to higher phonics screening check pass rates compared to national figures. The school's inclusive culture ensures that all pupils, including disadvantaged students, are known well by staff and provided with the necessary support to succeed in their learning and personal development.

Strengths

• Strong academic achievement, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Effective early reading program resulting in high phonics check pass rates.
• Ambitious, broad, and balanced curriculum tailored to the school's context.
• High expectations for pupil attendance and behaviour.
• Strong supportive culture with positive relationships among staff and pupils.
• Inclusive practices that cater well to disadvantaged and special educational needs pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Persistent absence issues among a small number of disadvantaged pupils.

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 Utterby attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 0.0% of pupils at Lift Utterby were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 Utterby had 22.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 13.4% of pupils at Lift Utterby were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Lift Utterby received £9,424 and spent £9,303 for each of its 68 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £55,000 (£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 Louth · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

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

• Lift North Thoresby Grimsby
• Lift Newington Hull
• Lift Hall Road Hull
• Lift Green Way Hull
• Lift Kingswood Hull
• Lift Shafton Barnsley
• Lift Firth Park Sheffield
• Lift St Helen's Barnsley
• Lift Meadstead Barnsley
• Lift Beacon Loughborough

What is Lift Utterby's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lift Utterby is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Lift Utterby last inspected by Ofsted?

Lift Utterby was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Lift Utterby have?

Lift Utterby has 67 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lift Utterby cover?

Lift Utterby for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Lift Utterby's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lift Utterby?

Lift Utterby is at Utterby, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0TN.