Lift Hamford
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Walton on the Naze · CO14 8TE · Essex
Ages 2–11
- KS277%
- Absence6.9%
- FSM31.6%
- Demand0.92
1.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 115300
Walton on the Naze Primary School
Foundation school · Walton on the Naze · CO14 8PT
Ages 4–11 · 188 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
36%
Overall absence
8.9%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-06-09
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)36%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 101.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 99.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 99.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)26.7%
Unauthorised2.8%
- Authorised absence
- 6.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 180
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
22
Places offered
23
1st-preference offers
22
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 35
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 23
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill90%
188 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 188
- Boys / girls
- 89 / 99
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 188 / 210 (90%)
- Free school meals
- 61.2%
- FSM pupils
- 115
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Foundation school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Suzie Bliss
Location
- Address
- Standley Road
- Postcode
- CO14 8PT
- Town
- Walton on the Naze
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Clacton
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed foundation school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Walton on the Naze, Essex, 188 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 61.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Frinton-on-Sea Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Frinton-on-Sea · CO13 9LQ · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS267%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM14.2%
- Demand1.13
1.8 miles away
Kirby Primary Academy
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Frinton-on-Sea · CO13 0LW · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS230%
- Absence7.0%
- FSM22.2%
- Demand1.10
2.4 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Suzie Bliss
- Telephone
- 01255675657