Lift Beacon
Woodthorpe Road, Loughborough, LE11 2NF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Kilgannon
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 380
- Pupils on roll
- 379
- URN
- 139005
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01509212227
About this school
Lift Beacon is a primary academy in Loughborough. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 379 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lift Beacon, 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 46 | 46 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 57% | 81% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 57% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 67% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 52% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
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 Beacon has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 81% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 328 |
| 2023/24 | 333 |
| 2024/25 | 308 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lift Beacon compares
Lift Beacon ranked 27th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 89% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 81% | 6% | 47.7% | 379 | — |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy | 82% | 3.4% | 11.2% | 203 | 0.6 miles |
| Outwoods Edge Primary School | 71% | 4.2% | 14.5% | 412 | 0.7 miles |
| Mountfields Lodge School | 45% | 4.2% | 10.9% | 468 | 0.8 miles |
| Cobden Primary School & Community Centre | 45% | 7.5% | 42.1% | 400 | 0.8 miles |
| Loughborough Church of England Primary School | 75% | 6.5% | 23.2% | 150 | 0.9 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 23 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 47.73%
- English as an additional language
- 26%
- Overall absence
- 6.04%
- Persistent absence
- 16.55%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Outwoods Edge Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Mountfields Lodge School0.8 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Cobden Primary School & Community Centre0.8 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Loughborough Church of England Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Loughborough
Other schools in Loughborough
Lift Beacon ranks 7th of the 34 ranked primary schools in Loughborough.
- Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Belton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Booth Wood Academy Primary
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School Primary
- Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School Primary
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre Primary
- Costock CofE Primary School Primary
- Hathern Church of England Primary School Primary
- Highgate Primary School Primary
- Holywell Primary School Primary
- Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Lift Beacon teach?
- Lift Beacon teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Loughborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Lift Beacon?
- The headteacher of Lift Beacon is Mr Ben Kilgannon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lift Beacon been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Beacon, 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 Beacon?
- Lift Beacon has 379 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Lift Beacon full?
- Lift Beacon has capacity for 380 pupils and 379 on roll (100%), 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 Beacon a faith school?
- No. Lift Beacon has no designated religious character.
- Does Lift Beacon have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Lift Beacon as having nursery classes.
- Is Lift Beacon part of an academy trust?
- Lift Beacon 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 Beacon have?
- The schools register lists Lift Beacon's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Lift Beacon's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 81% 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 Beacon compare with other schools in Leicestershire?
- Lift Beacon ranked 27th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 89% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% 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 Beacon's absence rate?
- Lift Beacon's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Beacon's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Beacon'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 15 July 2026.