Secondary school

Lift Firth Park

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–16
  • Mixed
  • Sheffield
  • S5 0SD
  • No sixth form
Ofsted areas (no overall grade) · inspected Jun 2025

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 3,177 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 97%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 94%94%2016/17: top 72%72% · 2016/172017/18: top 87%2018/19: top 93%2021/22: top 80%2022/23: top 84%2023/24: top 89%2024/25: top 97%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The Humber

Attainment 832.7 · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.31/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber−20.5 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths24.6% · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%1/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber−30.7 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score2.94 · Yorkshire and The Humber 3.931/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber−23.1 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.45 · Yorkshire and The Humber −0.073/10 Below−6.7 pts since 18/19
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 40.9 · 180 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 49.82016/17: 42.1 · 163 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.82017/18: 38.2 · 164 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.42018/19: 36.3 · 181 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.552021/22: 42.3 · 234 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47.22022/23: 38.8 · 208 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.72023/24: 36.9 · 220 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 44.92024/25: 32.7 · 224 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 45.342.332.7No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 28% · 163 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2017/18: 30% · 164 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2018/19: 20% · 181 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 39%2021/22: 42% · 234 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 47%2022/23: 34% · 208 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 40%2023/24: 35% · 220 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.3%2024/25: 24.6% · 224 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 42.7%42%20%No exams

Getting in

No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2015–2025

  • Personal developmentRequires improvement
  • Quality of educationRequires improvement
  • Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
  • Leadership and managementRequires improvement
  • SafeguardingEffective
  1. 2015Good
  2. 2019Remains Good
  3. 2024Remains Good
  4. 2025All areas Requires improvement

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,115
Free school meals (past 6 years)54.3%
First language not English38.7%
SEN support14.2%
EHC plan3.2%
Absence (sessions missed)13.5%
Persistently absent pupils36.6%

Girls 48.3%Boys 51.7%

82.6% full · 1,350 places

Parent View

Earlier survey (before Nov 2025) · as at 1 Sep 2025 · 127 responses (10.9% of pupils)

  • My child is happy at this school28.4% agree
  • My child feels safe at this school34.6% agree
  • The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved24.4% agree
  • My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively · 35.4% not applicable14.6% agree
  • The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year27.6% agree
  • When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly · 10.2% not applicable19.3% agree
  • Does your child have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)?44.9% yes
  • My child has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed · asked only of the 44.9% who said Yes above7% agree
  • The school has high expectations for my child41% agree
  • My child does well at this school41.7% agree
  • The school lets me know how my child is doing28.3% agree
  • There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school61.4% agree
  • My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school65.3% agree
  • The school supports my child's wider personal development22.8% agree
  • I would recommend this school to another parent21.3% yes

Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher15.1
Pupils per adult8.6
  • Classroom teachers 67.9
  • Leadership 6
  • Teaching assistants 55.3
  • Other support 2.7

Teachers 73.9 FTE · Whole workforce 131.8 · 143 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£9,181
Spend per pupil£7,942
Staff spend per pupil£6,118
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£1,451,000in-year balance

Grants £9,033 · self-generated £148 · premises £428 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: LIFT SCHOOLS (57 academies) · trust reserve £30,975,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

220 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86.4%
  • Education83.2%
  • Apprenticeship1.4%
  • Employment1.8%
  • Not sustained7.7%
  • Unknown5.9%