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Lift Kingsley[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 43.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
43.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
46.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
11.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.39 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45.1[6] 45.5%[6]
2023/24 40.3[4] 36.5%[4] +0.39[4]
2022/23 46.2[7] 47%[7]
2021/22 45.9[8] 49%[8] +0.48[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8.3% 2024/25[3]
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
2023/24 C[10] 12%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 7.4%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 13.9%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 23.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
56% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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 95%[15] 50%[15] 1%[15] 40%[15] 1%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 40%[16] 0%[16] 49%[16] 1%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 44%[17] 1%[17] 45%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 18%[18] 1%[18] 71%[18] 0%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
Education
79% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
11% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 83%[20] 67%[20] 0%[20] 16%[20]
2019/20 68%[21] 62%[21] 0%[21] 5%[21]
2018/19 90%[22] 85%[22] 0%[22] 5%[22]
2016/17 83%[23] 68%[23] 6%[23] 9%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
22% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
15% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2019/20 79%[25] 18%[25] 15%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 87%[26] 11%[26] 8%[26] 0%[26]
2017/18 63%[27] 2%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2015/16 70%[28] 19%[28] 7%[28] 0%[28]

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
25 Mar 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
15 May 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
2 Oct 2019[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[30] Good[30]
11 Oct 2018[31] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
294 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
68 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
130 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 391[32] 66[32] 129[32] 3.0[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2024 423[32] 72[32] 165[32] 2.6[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2023 484[32] 82[32] 175[32] 2.8[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 403[32] 58[32] 140[32] 2.9[32] 0.4[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1050[1]
Trust
LIFT SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Hounslow[1]
Website
www.liftkingsley.org[1]
District
Hounslow[33]
Postcode
TW3 1AX[1]
URN
139276[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
980 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
74.7% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
9.7% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
35.4% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
23.5%[35]
Mixed
8.9%[35]
Asian
42.5%[35]
Black
11.6%[35]
Any other ethnic group
11.8%[35]
Unclassified
1.6%[35]

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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    Quote
    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.
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    Quote
    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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