Lift Feversham
Harewood Street, Bradford, BD3 9EG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Headteacher
- Mr Naveed Idrees
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- Constituency
- Bradford East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 478
- URN
- 138867
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01274721751
About this school
Lift Feversham is a primary academy in Bradford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 478 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lift Feversham, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 56 | 57 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 82% | 90% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 19% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 91% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 88% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 89% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 111.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lift Feversham has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bradford average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 79% | 56.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 82% | 58.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 90% | 59.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 486 |
| 2023/24 | 511 |
| 2024/25 | 486 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lift Feversham compares
Lift Feversham ranked 3rd of 159 primary schools in Bradford for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 90% | 5.5% | 29.9% | 478 | — |
| Co-op Academy Penny Oaks | 55% | 3.6% | 43.6% | 188 | 0.1 miles |
| Byron Primary School | 75% | 5.8% | 41.3% | 641 | 0.3 miles |
| Lapage Primary School and Nursery | 53% | 6.6% | 35% | 634 | 0.3 miles |
| Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy | 92% | 5.4% | 35.8% | 520 | 0.4 miles |
| Dixons Marchbank Primary | 77% | 5.9% | 23.2% | 479 | 0.4 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)
- 29.9%
- English as an additional language
- 60.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.53%
- Persistent absence
- 17.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Co-op Academy Penny Oaks0.1 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Byron Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Lapage Primary School and Nursery0.3 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Bradford
-
Dixons Marchbank Primary0.4 miles
Primary · Bradford
Other schools in Bradford
Lift Feversham ranks 2nd of the 110 ranked primary schools in Bradford.
- All Saints CofE Primary School Primary
- Atlas Community Primary School Primary
- Bankfoot Primary School Primary
- Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy Primary
- Beckfoot Allerton Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Beckfoot Heaton Primary Primary
- Birkenshaw Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Blakehill Primary School Primary
- Bowling Park Primary School Primary
- Brackenhill Primary School Primary
- Byron Primary School Primary
- Carlton Mills Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Lift Feversham teach?
- Lift Feversham teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Bradford.
- Who is the headteacher of Lift Feversham?
- The headteacher of Lift Feversham is Mr Naveed Idrees, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lift Feversham been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Feversham, 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 Feversham?
- Lift Feversham has 478 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Lift Feversham full?
- Lift Feversham has capacity for 420 pupils and 478 on roll (114%), so it is at or above 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 Feversham a faith school?
- No. Lift Feversham has no designated religious character.
- Does Lift Feversham have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lift Feversham as having nursery classes.
- Is Lift Feversham part of an academy trust?
- Lift Feversham 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 Feversham's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 79% in 2022/23 and 90% 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 Feversham compare with other schools in Bradford?
- Lift Feversham ranked 3rd of 159 primary schools in Bradford for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% 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 Feversham's absence rate?
- Lift Feversham's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Feversham's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Feversham'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.