Lift Tamworth
Birds Bush Road, Belgrave, Tamworth, B77 2NE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathon Spears (Principal)
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 636
- URN
- 138435
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01827285596
About this school
Lift Tamworth is a secondary academy in Tamworth. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 636 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lift Tamworth, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 97 | 134 | 88 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.1 | 36.3 | 36.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.91 -1.19 to -0.63 | -0.63 -0.88 to -0.39 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% | 19.4% | 22.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 38% | 47.8% | 53.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 30% | 47.8% | 31.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lift Tamworth has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34.1 | 36.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.3 | 35 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.1 | 36.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 587 |
| 2023/24 | 620 |
| 2024/25 | 605 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lift Tamworth compares
Lift Tamworth ranked 50th of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.1 | 11.8% | 45% | 636 | — |
| The Wilnecote School | 38.7 | 7.7% | 23.9% | 961 | 0.8 miles |
| Landau Forte Academy, Amington | 40 | 8.4% | 37.8% | 892 | 1.2 miles |
| Landau Forte Academy, QEMS | 49.6 | 6.2% | 26% | 1,029 | 2.0 miles |
| The Polesworth School | 42.7 | 10.5% | 21.2% | 1,459 | 2.1 miles |
| Lift Rawlett | 45.1 | 8.7% | 21% | 926 | 2.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.96%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 11.78%
- Persistent absence
- 37.85%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Wilnecote School0.8 miles
Secondary · Tamworth
-
Landau Forte Academy, Amington1.2 miles
Secondary · Tamworth
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Landau Forte Academy, QEMS2.0 miles
Secondary · Tamworth
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The Polesworth School2.1 miles
Secondary · Tamworth
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Lift Rawlett2.9 miles
Secondary · Tamworth
Other schools in Tamworth
Lift Tamworth ranks 6th of the 6 ranked secondary schools in Tamworth.
- Landau Forte Academy, Amington Secondary
- Landau Forte Academy, QEMS Secondary
- Lift Rawlett Secondary
- The Polesworth School Secondary
- The Wilnecote School Secondary
- Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Anker Valley Primary Academy Primary
- Ankermoor Primary Academy Primary
- Ashcroft Infants' School Primary
- Birchwood Primary School Primary
- Bird's Bush Primary School Primary
- Coton Green Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Lift Tamworth teach?
- Lift Tamworth teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Tamworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Lift Tamworth?
- The headteacher of Lift Tamworth is Mr Jonathon Spears (Principal), as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lift Tamworth been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Tamworth, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Lift Tamworth?
- Lift Tamworth has 636 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Lift Tamworth full?
- Lift Tamworth has capacity for 900 pupils and 636 on roll (71%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lift Tamworth a faith school?
- No. Lift Tamworth has no designated religious character.
- Is Lift Tamworth a selective school?
- No. Lift Tamworth is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Lift Tamworth part of an academy trust?
- Lift Tamworth is part of LIFT SCHOOLS. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Lift Tamworth's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 34.1 in 2022/23 and 36.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lift Tamworth compare with other schools in Staffordshire?
- Lift Tamworth ranked 50th of 56 secondary schools in Staffordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lift Tamworth's absence rate?
- Lift Tamworth's overall absence rate is 11.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Tamworth's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Tamworth's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.