Lift Ryde, Ryde

Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 18 November 2026 at 4pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Lift Ryde averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 40.1 in Isle of Wight and 47 across England.

42% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 35% in Isle of Wight and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 43.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.06: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.2, against 46.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Statistics and History.

For September 2026 entry, 272 families put Lift Ryde as their first choice and 340 named it as one of their preferences, for 265 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 13 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lift Ryde are King's Academy Bay House (4.4 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 44.9); The Bay Church of England School (4.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 32); and Medina College (4.8 miles, Attainment 8 36.1).

Lift Ryde's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Lift Ryde is one of 62 schools run by Lift Schools, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.7 in 2024/25.

Of the 255 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 84% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 55% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 75 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 45% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 24% into work. 12% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (77%) and Mixed (14%).

The nearest railway station is Ryde St Johns Road Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ryde Academy (opposite), 180 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 199 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Isle of Wight (125), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Lift Ryde issued 164 suspensions, 11.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Lift Ryde are Greenmount Primary School (0.2 miles), Haylands Primary School (0.5 miles), Binstead Primary School (0.6 miles) and Dover Park Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.