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Lift Rawlett
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Comberford Road, Tamworth B79 9AA · rawlettschool.org · 0182757178
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Staffordshire 43.9, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 926
- 73% of 1,260 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 24%
- First language not English
- 5.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lift Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 90 families put the school first and 151 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 | 151 | 90 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 135 | 97 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 212 | 197 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 185 | 164 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 235 | 214 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.1, and 44.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Staffordshire it was 43.9, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ●44.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲70.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲76.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.11 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 36.1 | −8.1 |
| Further education | 45.9 | +2.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.7 | +4.2 |
| Employment | 3.6 | −0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.2 | +3.2 |
| Activity not captured | 1.5 | +1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lift Rawlett on 10 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 10 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
52% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (133 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 52%
- Replies
- 133
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 40 parents (30%) with SEND