Lift Tamworth
Birds Bush Road, Tamworth, B77 2NE
636 pupils · 71% of 900 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Free school meals
- 43.9%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 21 January 2025, published 2 March 2025. 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 | 36.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 22.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 53.4% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 31.8% |
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 — 0.88 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 124 | 109 | 222 | 117 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 123 | 114 | 198 | 117 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 136 | 109 | 207 | 119 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 147 | 139 | 217 | 142 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 108 | 99 | 190 | 102 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 132 | 115 | 195 | 121 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 120 | 79 | 169 | 97 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 184 | 98 | 211 | 121 |
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
- The Wilnecote School 1.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Landau Forte Academy, Amington 1.9 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Landau Forte Academy, QEMS 3.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- The Polesworth School 3.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Lift Rawlett 4.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Kingsbury School - A Specialist Science and Mathematics Academy 5.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
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.