Lift Wishmore
55 Alpha Road, Chobham, Woking, GU24 8NE
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 7 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Headteacher
- Principal Djamila Izza
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Surrey Heath
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 94
- Pupils on roll
- 92
- URN
- 138766
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01276857555
About this school
Lift Wishmore is a boys' special academy in Woking. It teaches children aged 7 to 16 and has 92 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | - | 33% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | - | 17% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 14% | - | 33% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 89.0 | - | 92.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | - | 98.0 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 18 | 11 | 13 |
| Attainment 8 score | 7.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.58 -3.23 to -1.92 | -1.57 -2.41 to -0.74 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
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 Wishmore has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.4 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 5.5 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 34.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 36.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 49.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78 |
| 2023/24 | 65 |
| 2024/25 | 85 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 71.76%
- English as an additional language
- 4.7%
- Overall absence
- 49.61%
- Persistent absence
- 80.85%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Coworth-Flexlands School1.8 miles
Independent schools · Woking
-
Halstead St Andrews School2.3 miles
Independent schools · Woking
-
North West Surrey Short Stay School2.8 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Woking
-
Fernways School3.1 miles
Special schools
-
The Park School3.2 miles
Academies · Woking
Other schools in Woking
- Compass Community School Hampshire Special schools
- Freemantles School Special schools
- Knowl Hill School Special schools
- North West Surrey Short Stay School Local authority maintained schools
- The Park School Academies
- Barnsbury Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Beaufort Primary School Primary
- Bisley CofE Primary School Primary
- Broadmere Primary Academy Primary
- Brookwood Primary School Primary
- Goldsworth Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lift Wishmore teach?
- Lift Wishmore teaches children aged 7 to 16. It is a special school in Woking.
- Who is the headteacher of Lift Wishmore?
- The headteacher of Lift Wishmore is Principal Djamila Izza, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lift Wishmore last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Wishmore, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Lift Wishmore?
- Lift Wishmore has 92 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 16.
- Is Lift Wishmore full?
- Lift Wishmore has capacity for 94 pupils and 92 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lift Wishmore a faith school?
- No. Lift Wishmore has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Lift Wishmore?
- Lift Wishmore is part of LIFT SCHOOLS. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Lift Wishmore have?
- The schools register lists Lift Wishmore's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Lift Wishmore's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Lift Wishmore's absence rate?
- Lift Wishmore's overall absence rate is 49.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Wishmore's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Wishmore'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.