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Lift New Forest
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Long Lane, Holbury, Southampton SO45 2PA · newforestacademy.org · 023 8089 1192
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Hampshire 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hampshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 504
- 63% of 800 places
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 42.7%
- First language not English
- 2%
- 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: Hampshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 74 families put the school first and 101 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 101 | 74 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 91 | 91 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 97 | 90 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 106 | 99 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 103 | 103 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.5, and 37.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hampshire it was 45.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼37.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼58.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.26 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sixth form college | 7.1 | +1.5 |
| Further education | 71.7 | +8.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 6.2 | +1.7 |
| Employment | 5.3 | +0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.2 | −8.4 |
| Activity not captured | 3.5 | −3.2 |
Ofsted
Lift New Forest was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 27 Sept 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 86
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 57% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (30%) with SEND