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Lift Newington
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Dairycoates Avenue, Hull HU3 5DD · liftnewington.org · 01482 305630
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kingston upon Hull, City of 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 394
- 94% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35.1%
- First language not English
- 44.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lift Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 37 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 55 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Kingston upon Hull, City of it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Lift Newington was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 10 December 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jun 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 10 Jun 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 13
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied