Lift Sir Herbert Leon[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 43 42.6 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 42.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 47% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 9.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.02 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	33.7[5]	24.3%[5]
2023/24	36.3[3]	37.7%[3]	-1.02[3]
2022/23	33.4[6]	24%[6]	-0.72[6]
2021/22	40.1[7]	37%[7]	-0.67[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D+ 2018/19[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2018/19[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2017/18	D-[10]
2016/17	D-[11]
2015/16	E+[12]
2013/14	D+[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 73% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 17% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 44% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 10% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	84%[15]	31%[15]	0%[15]	42%[15]	1%[15]	8%[15]
2020/21	74%[16]	17%[16]	0%[16]	52%[16]	1%[16]	3%[16]
2019/20	87%[17]	19%[17]	0%[17]	59%[17]	1%[17]	5%[17]
2018/19	91%[18]	64%[18]	0%[18]	23%[18]	1%[18]	3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 72% 2019/20[19]
Education: 41% 2019/20[19]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2019/20[19]
Employment: 29% 2019/20[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2018/19	70%[20]	21%[20]	5%[20]	43%[20]
2016/17	71%[21]	20%[21]	5%[21]	46%[21]
2015/16	92%[22]			46%[22]
2014/15	81%[23]	41%[23]	11%[23]	41%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 46% 2018/19[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 0% 2018/19[24]
Russell Group universities: 0% 2018/19[24]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2018/19[24]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2017/18	32%[25]	0%[25]	0%[25]	0%[25]
2015/16	54%[26]	4%[26]	0%[26]	0%[26]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 8 Oct 2024[27]
Type: Special Measures S5 ReInspection[27]
Report published: 19 Nov 2024[27]
Personal development: Good[27]
Quality of education: Good[27]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[27]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[27]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[27]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
8 Nov 2023[28]	Schools into Special Measures Visit 3[28]	No overall grade[28]
6 Jun 2023[29]	Schools into Special Measures Visit 2[29]	No overall grade[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.4 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference): 136 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences: 70 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered: 100 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place: 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[30]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	118[30]	59[30]	88[30]	1.3[30]	0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2024	121[30]	67[30]	117[30]	1.0[30]	0.6[30]
Entry Sept 2023	128[30]	73[30]	135[30]	0.9[30]	0.5[30]
Entry Sept 2022	156[30]	95[30]	178[30]	0.9[30]	0.5[30]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Capacity: 750[1]
Trust: LIFT SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority: Milton Keynes[1]
Website: www.liftsirherbertleon.org [1]
District: Milton Keynes [31]
Postcode: MK2 3HQ[1]
URN: 138439[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 647 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language: 32% 2024/25[32]
SEN support: 28.9% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan: 1.6% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 55.3% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 49.9%[33]
Mixed: 12.7%[33]
Asian: 15.6%[33]
Black: 16.8%[33]
Any other ethnic group: 3.7%[33]
Unclassified: 1.2%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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