Lift Unity City
Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8RE
1,033 pupils · 98% of 1,050 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Free school meals
- 72%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 21 April 2026, published 15 June 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 34.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 20.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 41.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 24.5% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.89 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 196 | 175 | 291 | 188 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 203 | 219 | 363 | 203 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 249 | 203 | 319 | 219 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 245 | 207 | 339 | 226 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 204 | 174 | 279 | 190 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 202 | 146 | 225 | 165 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 202 | 160 | 232 | 172 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 208 | 121 | 197 | 146 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Outwood Academy Ormesby 1.4 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2025)
- Trinity Catholic College 2.5 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Outwood Academy Normanby 2.6 km · Inadequate (2024) · previous system
- St Peter's Catholic College 2.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Outwood Academy Riverside 2.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Outwood Academy Acklam 3.4 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.