Lift Kingsley
Cecil Road, Hounslow, TW3 1AX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Principal
- Mr Bob Tinsley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- Constituency
- Brentford and Isleworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 971
- URN
- 139276
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085724461
About this school
Lift Kingsley is a secondary academy in Hounslow. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 971 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. 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
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 116 | 148 | 143 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.2 | 40.3 | 45.1 |
| Progress 8 score | - | +0.39 +0.10 to +0.68 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 36.5% | 45.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 59.5% | 75.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 49% | 51.4% | 49.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
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 Kingsley has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hounslow average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46.2 | 45.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.3 | 48.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.1 | 45.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 881 |
| 2023/24 | 939 |
| 2024/25 | 980 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lift Kingsley compares
Lift Kingsley ranked 16th of 20 secondary schools in Hounslow for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.1 | 7% | 35.4% | 971 | — |
| Lampton Academy | 52.5 | 7.3% | 29.5% | 1,528 | 0.6 miles |
| St Mark's Catholic School | 62.5 | 5.3% | 13.8% | 1,214 | 0.7 miles |
| Isleworth and Syon School for Boys | 43.1 | 7.6% | 27.7% | 951 | 1.0 miles |
| Heston Community School | 49.6 | 7.1% | 36% | 1,311 | 1.0 miles |
| The Heathland School | 52 | 7.8% | 28.3% | 1,759 | 1.2 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.42%
- English as an additional language
- 74.7%
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistent absence
- 19.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lampton Academy0.6 miles
Secondary · Hounslow
-
St Mark's Catholic School0.7 miles
Secondary · Hounslow
-
Isleworth and Syon School for Boys1.0 miles
Secondary · Isleworth
-
Heston Community School1.0 miles
Secondary · Hounslow
-
The Heathland School1.2 miles
Secondary · Hounslow
Other schools in Hounslow
Lift Kingsley ranks 6th of the 7 ranked secondary schools in Hounslow.
- Cranford Community College Secondary
- Heston Community School Secondary
- Lampton Academy Secondary
- Space Studio West London Secondary
- St Mark's Catholic School Secondary
- The Heathland School Secondary
- Alexandra Primary School Primary
- Beavers Community Primary School Primary
- Berkeley Academy Primary
- Chatsworth Primary School Primary
- Cranford Primary School Primary
- Edison Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lift Kingsley teach?
- Lift Kingsley teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Hounslow.
- Who is the principal of Lift Kingsley?
- The principal of Lift Kingsley is Mr Bob Tinsley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lift Kingsley last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Kingsley, 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 Kingsley?
- Lift Kingsley has 971 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Lift Kingsley full?
- Lift Kingsley has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 971 on roll (92%), 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 Kingsley a faith school?
- No. Lift Kingsley has no designated religious character.
- Is Lift Kingsley a selective school?
- No. Lift Kingsley is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Lift Kingsley?
- Lift Kingsley 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 Kingsley's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.2 in 2022/23 and 45.1 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 Kingsley rank locally?
- Lift Kingsley ranked 16th of 20 secondary schools in Hounslow for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% 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 Kingsley's absence rate?
- Lift Kingsley's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Kingsley's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Kingsley'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.