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Lift Four Dwellings Secondary
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Dwellings Lane, Quinton, Birmingham B32 1RJ · fourdwellingsacademy.org · 0121 566 6666
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 534
- 89% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 66.1%
- First language not English
- 33.7%
- 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: Birmingham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 62 families put the school first and 75 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 | 75 | 62 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 79 | 61 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 119 | 90 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 101 | 71 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 119 | 93 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.1, and 34.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼56.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼35.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.62 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 10.2 | +0.7 |
| Sixth form college | 25.9 | +11.2 |
| Further education | 50.9 | −2.8 |
| Other education | 0.9 | −1.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.9 | — |
| Employment | 0.9 | −0.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.5 | −7.2 |
| Activity not captured | 3.7 | −1.6 |
Ofsted
Lift Four Dwellings Secondary was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Oct 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 15
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 47% who had a child bullied