Lift Kingsley
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Hounslow
Cecil Road, Hounslow, TW3 1AX
58
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 25/03/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.0%
19.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
971
Capacity used
Nearly full92%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
66 of 66 families who put it first got an offer
129
Places offered
391
Total applications
3.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 66 | 66 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 79 | 22 | ● 28% |
| 3rd preference | 95 | 12 | ● 13% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 151 | 9 | ● 6% |
| Total | 391 | 109 | 28% |
1st preference success by year
Hounslow lets families list 6 preferences. 16 applications came from outside the council area (6 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Bob Tinsley
- Address
- Cecil Road, Hounslow, TW3 1AX
- Phone
- 02085724461
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Ward / constituency
- Hounslow Central · Brentford and Isleworth
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139276
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 34% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 77% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LIFT SCHOOLS
971 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
25 March 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 918 pupils
Attendance
93.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 40.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.39 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 37% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 60% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.66 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 29.53 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 45.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 75.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 49.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 143 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 28.29 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 8.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 46 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 143 | 21% | 54% | 80% | |
| English Language | 143 | 15% | 48% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 139 | 18% | 53% | 80% | |
| Combined Science | 110 | 10% | 31% | 52% | |
| Geography | 57 | 19% | 46% | 65% | |
| History | 55 | 13% | 45% | 64% | |
| Art and Design | 50 | 2% | 22% | 44% | |
| Social Studies | 47 | 13% | 40% | 60% | |
| Spanish | 44 | 23% | 55% | 77% | |
| Biology | 32 | 44% | 81% | 94% | |
| Physics | 32 | 50% | 88% | 97% | |
| Chemistry | 32 | 59% | 84% | 97% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 19 | 5% | 11% | 21% | |
| Sociology | 13 | 0% | 8% | 31% | |
| Physics | 11 | 0% | 9% | 18% | |
| Chemistry | 8 | 0% | 0% | 13% | |
| Fine Art | 7 | 0% | 0% | 14% | |
| Psychology | 7 | 0% | 0% | 29% | |
| English Literature | 7 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 6 | 0% | 0% | 17% | |
| Economics | 6 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Italian | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Spanish | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 67% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 0% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 67% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Hounslow council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.