Lift New Forest[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 40 39.9 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 39.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 32.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 5.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.51 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	38.5[5]	37.2%[5]
2023/24	40.6[3]	34.5%[3]	-0.51[3]
2022/23	36.3[6]	20%[6]	-0.67[6]
2021/22	39.3[7]	30%[7]	-0.66[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D 2012/13[8]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 82% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college: 9% 2022/23[10]
Further education college: 63% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[10]
Employment: 5% 2022/23[10]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	80%[11]	0%[11]	6%[11]	63%[11]	4%[11]	6%[11]
2020/21	89%[12]	1%[12]	3%[12]	76%[12]	3%[12]	5%[12]
2019/20	92%[13]	0%[13]	5%[13]	81%[13]	3%[13]	1%[13]
2018/19	88%[14]	0%[14]	2%[14]	64%[14]	8%[14]	14%[14]

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: 27 Sep 2023[15]
Type: S5 Inspection[15]
Report published: 12 Nov 2023[15]
Personal development: Good[15]
Quality of education: Good[15]
Overall effectiveness: Good[15]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[15]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[15]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[15]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
6 Feb 2018[16]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[16]	Good[16]
Date not published[17]	Schools into Special Measures Visit 5[17]	Requires improvement[17]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.2 Entry Sept 2026[18]
Applications (any preference): 124 Entry Sept 2026[18]
First preferences: 74 Entry Sept 2026[18]
Places offered: 101 Entry Sept 2026[18]
First preferences per place: 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[18]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	128[18]	91[18]	91[18]	1.4[18]	1.0[18]
Entry Sept 2024	136[18]	90[18]	97[18]	1.4[18]	0.9[18]
Entry Sept 2023	144[18]	99[18]	106[18]	1.4[18]	0.9[18]
Entry Sept 2022	130[18]	103[18]	103[18]	1.3[18]	1.0[18]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 800[1]
Trust: LIFT SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority: Hampshire[1]
Website: http://newforestacademy.org/[1]
District: New Forest [19]
Postcode: SO45 2PA[1]
URN: 138585[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 548 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language: 2.4% 2024/25[20]
SEN support: 14.1% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan: 8% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 44.3% 2024/25[20]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 95.8%[21]
Mixed: 2.6%[21]
Asian: 0.6%[21]
Black: 0.6%[21]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[21]
Unclassified: 0.4%[21]

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

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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