Lift Firth Park
Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield, S5 0SD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Principal
- Ms Katrina Kerry
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Lift Schools
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,350
- Pupils on roll
- 1,115
- URN
- 139334
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01142576238
About this school
Lift Firth Park is a secondary academy in Sheffield. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,115 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 208 | 220 | 224 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.8 | 36.9 | 32.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.23 -0.43 to -0.03 | -0.45 -0.65 to -0.25 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 35% | 24.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 56.4% | 44.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 53% | 50.5% | 35.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
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 Firth Park has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sheffield average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.8 | 40.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.9 | 39.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 32.7 | 40 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,149 |
| 2023/24 | 1,189 |
| 2024/25 | 1,164 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lift Firth Park compares
Lift Firth Park ranked 28th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 24% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 32.7 | 13.5% | 54.3% | 1,115 | — |
| Fir Vale Academy | — | 23% | — | 931 | 1.3 miles |
| Yewlands Academy | 37.3 | 10.8% | 41.3% | 884 | 1.8 miles |
| E-Act Parkwood Academy | 36.5 | 8.7% | 52.3% | 886 | 1.9 miles |
| Winterhill School | 39.3 | 10.8% | 44.5% | 941 | 2.1 miles |
| Ecclesfield School | 41.5 | 10.3% | 28.9% | 1,711 | 2.1 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 54.3%
- English as an additional language
- 38.7%
- Overall absence
- 13.49%
- Persistent absence
- 36.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fir Vale Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
-
Yewlands Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
-
E-Act Parkwood Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
-
Winterhill School2.1 miles
Secondary · Rotherham
-
Ecclesfield School2.1 miles
Secondary · Sheffield
Other schools in Sheffield
Lift Firth Park ranks 33rd of the 34 ranked secondary schools in Sheffield.
- All Saints' Catholic High School Secondary
- Aston Academy Secondary
- Bradfield Secondary School Secondary
- Chaucer School Secondary
- Dinnington High School Secondary
- E-Act Parkwood Academy Secondary
- Ecclesfield School Secondary
- Eckington School Secondary
- Fir Vale Academy Secondary
- Forge Valley School & Sixth Form Secondary
- Handsworth Grange Community Sports College Secondary
- High Storrs School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Lift Firth Park teach?
- Lift Firth Park teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Sheffield.
- Who is the principal of Lift Firth Park?
- The principal of Lift Firth Park is Ms Katrina Kerry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lift Firth Park last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lift Firth Park, 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 Firth Park?
- Lift Firth Park has 1,115 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Lift Firth Park full?
- Lift Firth Park has capacity for 1,350 pupils and 1,115 on roll (83%), 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 Firth Park a faith school?
- No. Lift Firth Park has no designated religious character.
- Is Lift Firth Park a selective school?
- No. Lift Firth Park is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Lift Firth Park?
- Lift Firth Park 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 Firth Park's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.8 in 2022/23 and 32.7 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 Firth Park rank locally?
- Lift Firth Park ranked 28th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 24% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% 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 Firth Park's absence rate?
- Lift Firth Park's overall absence rate is 13.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lift Firth Park's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lift Firth Park'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.