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Lift Firth Park
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield S5 0SD · firthparkacademy.org · 0114 257 6238
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 32.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Sheffield 43.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,115
- 83% of 1,350 places
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 55.7%
- First language not English
- 41.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lift Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 137 families put the school first and 173 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 | 173 | 137 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 239 | 158 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 237 | 202 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 262 | 208 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 248 | 241 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 32.7, and 24.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sheffield it was 43.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼32.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼24.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼44.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼35.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.94 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 13.2 | −9.4 |
| Sixth form college | 34.1 | +6.7 |
| Further education | 35.5 | +4.7 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −0.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 1.8 | −2.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.7 | −0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 5.9 | +1.6 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lift Firth Park on 17 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 17 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: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Apr 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2024Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
21% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (127 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 21%
- Replies
- 127
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 65% who had a child bullied
based on 57 parents (45%) with SEND