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Academy sponsor led · Staffordshire

Lift Tamworth

  • 11–16Ages
  • 636Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 138435URN

Birds Bush Road, Belgrave, Tamworth, B77 2NE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
close to Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

222 applications for 124 places · 27th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
35.3of 90
53rd of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 21 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.8applications per place, Year 7
close to Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

222 applications · 124 places offered · 109 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.8; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.2; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.3; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261242221.81090.88
Sep 20251231981.61140.93
Sep 20241362071.51090.80
Sep 20231472171.51390.95
Sep 20221081901.8990.92
Sep 20211321951.51150.87
Sep 20201201691.4790.66
Sep 20191842111.2980.53
Sep 20181241911.5930.75
Sep 20171301741.31050.81
Sep 20161171771.5980.84
Sep 20151562141.41480.95
Sep 20141512271.51460.97

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

133 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)35.353rd of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths26%50th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.63
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13335.326%46%–
2024/258836.123%53%–
2023/2413436.319%48%−0.63
2022/239734.122%38%−0.91

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138435 · 860/4006
Trust
Lift Schools
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 636 on roll
Free school meals
43.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
Belgrave High School (URN 124433)
Address
Birds Bush Road, Belgrave, Tamworth, B77 2NE
Local authority
Staffordshire · Tamworth

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources