Lift Kingswood

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Kingston upon Hull, City of·HU7 4WR
Composite score
68.8
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National rank
#25
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#1
In Kingston upon Hull, City of
Top 15%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
55.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
58%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
72%
% EBacc grade 5+
37%
EBacc average points score
4.74

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
86%
398 first choices, 354 places
First choices per place
1.12
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
741
any preference, for 354 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.15
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020221.1520231.1120240.9720251.122026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kingston upon Hull, City of does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Lift Kingswood. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,534
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
15.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,555
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
84%
212 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
73%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
5%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Lift Kingswood

Lift Kingswood is a secondary school in Kingston upon Hull, City of, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 1,534 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 55.0, above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.4 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 15% of secondary schools in England.

58% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 72% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 86% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (398 first choices for 354 places). After Year 11, 84% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. Lift Kingswood does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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