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Lift Kingswood
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Wawne Road, Bransholme, Hull HU7 4WR · liftkingswood.org · 01482 879967
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 55
- average Attainment 8 score. Kingston upon Hull, City of 40.4, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,592
- 92 over 1,500 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 29.5%
- First language not English
- 10.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lift Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 398 families put the school first and 354 places were offered; 86% 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 | 354 | 398 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 347 | 337 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 326 | 362 | 1.1▲ | 87% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 328 | 376 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 327 | 293 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 55, and 57.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kingston upon Hull, City of it was 40.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲55 | 46 | ||
| ▲57.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲72.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲51.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.74 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.2 | +1.4 |
| Sixth form college | 53.6 | −2.2 |
| Further education | 20.2 | +4.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3 | +1 |
| Employment | 2.6 | −3.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9 | +0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 2.1 | −1.7 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lift Kingswood on 10 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 10 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Apr 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2023Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
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 Mar 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (417 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 417
- 27% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 48% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied
based on 133 parents (32%) with SEND