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Lift Sir Herbert Leon

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Fern Grove, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK2 3HQ · liftsirherbertleon.org · 01908 624720

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
33.7
average Attainment 8 score. Milton Keynes 44.2, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Milton Keynes Council
Demand for places
0.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
589
79% of 750 places
Local authority
Milton Keynes
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
51.6%
First language not English
33.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Lift Schools

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Milton Keynes Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 70 families put the school first and 100 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 95 (Places 178)95September 2023: 73 (Places 135)73September 2024: 67 (Places 117)67September 2025: 59 (Places 88)59September 2026: 70 (Places 100)70Places 100
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026100700.7100%
September 2025Sept 202588590.7100%
September 2024Sept 2024117670.6100%
September 2023Sept 2023135730.5100%
September 2022Sept 2022178950.5100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 33.7, and 24.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Milton Keynes it was 44.2, and across England 46.

In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade D+ (23.1 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 43.1 (England 46.3)43.12017/18: 37.0 (England 46.5)37.02018/19: 33.5 (England 46.7)33.52021/22: 40.1 (England 48.8)40.12022/23: 33.4 (England 46.3)33.42023/24: 36.3 (England 45.9)36.32024/25: 33.7 (England 46.0)33.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼33.746.0
▼24.3%45.4%
▼45.8%64.8%
▼12.5%40.5%
▼2.934.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form32+1.5
Sixth form college0.8—
Further education38.5−3.6
Apprenticeship2.5+1.4
Employment4.1−3.3
Not in a lasting destination9.8−0.7
Activity not captured12.3+6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 14.1 (England 30.5)E+2016/17: 16.0 (England 31.1)D-2017/18: 16.3 (England 32.1)D-2018/19: 23.1 (England 32.9)D+England 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
21 studentsD+ (23.1)Well below average -0.68
21 studentsD+ (23.3)Well below average -0.66
33 studentsMerit- (21.4)Well below average -0.61
0%AAB or better
84.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/189D- (16.3)-0.36
2016/1715D- (16)-0.26
2015/1615E+ (14.1)-0.90

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/22
Left in 2021/22
Further education10
Apprenticeship10
Employment40
Not in a lasting destination20
Activity not captured20

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Lift Sir Herbert Leon on 8 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
8 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Jun 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Feb 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
  • May 2022Inadequate
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    SafeguardingNot effective

Before September 2019

  • Sept 2018Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2016Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jul 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

40% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
40%
Replies
15
2% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼67% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼73% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼47% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼60% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼67% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼53% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼67% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼80% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●93% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼33% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼53% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 87% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲68% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 40% who had a child bullied

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