Lift Greenwood
Farnborough Road, Birmingham, B35 7NL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Opoku
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,080
- Pupils on roll
- 935
- URN
- 139048
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Telephone
- 01214646101
About this school
Lift Greenwood is a secondary academy in Birmingham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 935 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 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 171 | 172 | 172 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.4 | 35.8 | 31.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.15 -0.37 to +0.06 | -0.97 -1.19 to -0.75 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 33.7% | 18.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 52.3% | 45.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 73% | 76.2% | 44.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
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 Greenwood has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Birmingham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40.4 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35.8 | 40.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 31.8 | 40.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 959 |
| 2023/24 | 963 |
| 2024/25 | 942 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lift Greenwood compares
Lift Greenwood ranked 83rd of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31.8 | 12.9% | 65.9% | 935 | — |
| Park Hall Academy | 45.6 | 9.8% | 34.4% | 1,269 | 1.0 miles |
| Hodge Hill Girls' School | 48.7 | 8% | 53.5% | 749 | 1.9 miles |
| Hodge Hill College | 45.1 | 8.4% | 55.2% | 1,193 | 2.1 miles |
| St Edmund Campion Catholic School | 45.8 | 7.9% | 46.9% | 1,158 | 2.2 miles |
| Smith's Wood Academy | 32.2 | 14.2% | 64.9% | 697 | 2.2 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 report13 January 2026
- 19 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 65.9%
- English as an additional language
- 9.9%
- Overall absence
- 12.88%
- Persistent absence
- 36.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park Hall Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Hodge Hill Girls' School1.9 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
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Hodge Hill College2.1 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
St Edmund Campion Catholic School2.2 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
-
Smith's Wood Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Birmingham
Other schools in Birmingham
Lift Greenwood ranks 84th of the 87 ranked secondary schools in Birmingham.
- Archbishop Ilsley Catholic School Secondary
- Arena Academy Secondary
- Ark Boulton Academy Secondary
- Ark St Alban's Academy Secondary
- Aston Manor Academy Secondary
- Aston University Engineering Academy Secondary
- Bartley Green School Secondary
- Birmingham Ormiston Academy Secondary
- Bishop Challoner Catholic College Secondary
- BOA Digital Technologies Academy Secondary
- Bordesley Green Girls' School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Broadway Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lift Greenwood teach?
- Lift Greenwood teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Birmingham.
- Who is the headteacher of Lift Greenwood?
- The headteacher of Lift Greenwood is Mr Daniel Opoku, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lift Greenwood last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Greenwood, 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 Greenwood?
- Lift Greenwood has 935 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Lift Greenwood full?
- Lift Greenwood has capacity for 1,080 pupils and 935 on roll (87%), 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 Greenwood a faith school?
- No. Lift Greenwood has no designated religious character.
- Is Lift Greenwood a selective school?
- No. Lift Greenwood is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Lift Greenwood?
- Lift Greenwood 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 Greenwood have?
- The schools register lists Lift Greenwood's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Lift Greenwood's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.4 in 2022/23 and 31.8 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 Greenwood rank locally?
- Lift Greenwood ranked 83rd of 85 secondary schools in Birmingham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% 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 Greenwood's absence rate?
- Lift Greenwood's overall absence rate is 12.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Greenwood's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Greenwood'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.