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Lift Kingsley

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Cecil Road, Hounslow TW3 1AX · liftkingsley.org · 020 8572 4461

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
45.1
average Attainment 8 score. Hounslow 49.9, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hounslow Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
971
92% of 1,050 places
Local authority
Hounslow
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
33.6%
First language not English
73.5%
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: Hounslow Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 68 families put the school first and 130 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 58 (Places 140)58September 2023: 82 (Places 175)82September 2024: 72 (Places 165)72September 2025: 66 (Places 129)66September 2026: 68 (Places 130)68Places 130
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026130680.5100%
September 2025Sept 2025129660.5100%
September 2024Sept 2024165720.4100%
September 2023Sept 2023175820.5100%
September 2022Sept 2022140580.4100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.1, and 45.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hounslow it was 49.9, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (28.3 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 39.8 (England 46.3)39.82017/18: 37.8 (England 46.5)37.82018/19: 35.3 (England 46.7)35.32021/22: 45.9 (England 48.8)45.92022/23: 46.2 (England 46.3)46.22023/24: 40.3 (England 45.9)40.32024/25: 45.1 (England 46.0)45.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●45.146.0
●45.5%45.4%
▲75.5%64.8%
▲49.7%40.5%
●4.104.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form43.2−6.8
Sixth form college0.70
Further education41.9+2.2
Apprenticeship1.4+0.7
Not in a lasting destination8.8+5.9
Activity not captured4.1+1.2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 26.8 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 29.1 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 22.2 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 29.2 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 31.2 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 31.9 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 29.5 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 28.3 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
46 studentsC- (28.3)Below average -0.35
46 studentsC- (28.3)Below average -0.35
33 studentsMerit+ (27)Below average -0.50
8.3%AAB or better
92%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2448C (29.5)-0.22
2022/2348C+ (31.9)—
2021/2267C (31.2)—
2018/1941C (29.2)+0.12
2017/1852D+ (22.2)-0.16
2016/1749C (29.1)+0.34
2015/1685C- (26.8)+0.15

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University69.6+2.5
Employment10.7−5.1
Not in a lasting destination16.1+5.6
Activity not captured3.6−3

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Lift Kingsley on 25 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
25 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2019Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Jun 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • May 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

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