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Lift Feversham
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Harewood Street, Bradford BD3 9EG · liftfeversham.org · 01274 721751
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 90%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bradford 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.91 mi
- 1.46 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Bradford Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 478
- 58 over 420 places · 114%
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33%
- First language not English
- 60.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lift Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.91 mi (1.46 km) from the school. Source: Bradford Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 67 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 54 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 52 | 0.9 | 88% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.91 mi1.46 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 90% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% the higher standard. Across Bradford it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲90% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lift Feversham on 24 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 24 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Apr 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jun 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 15
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 47% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied