Lift Firth Park
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Sheffield
Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield, S5 0SD
53
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 17/06/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
86.5%
36.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,115
Capacity used
Has space83%
1,350 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
158 of 158 families who put it first got an offer
239
Places offered
351
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 158 | 158 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 127 | 29 | ● 23% |
| 3rd preference | 66 | 10 | ● 15% |
| Total | 351 | 197 | 56% |
1st preference success by year
Sheffield lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (1 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
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Katrina Kerry
- Address
- Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield, S5 0SD
- Phone
- 01142576238
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Ward / constituency
- Shiregreen and Brightside · Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139334
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 56% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 36% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LIFT SCHOOLS
1,115 pupils · 1,350 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
17 June 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement - 24
24 April 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,253 pupils
Attendance
86.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
13.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
36.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
10.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
7.3%
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 | 36.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.45 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 35% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.32 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 32.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 24.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 44.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 35.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.94 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 224 | — |
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.
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 | 223 | 7% | 27% | 50% | |
| English Language | 221 | 10% | 31% | 48% | |
| English Literature | 214 | 9% | 39% | 57% | |
| Combined Science | 186 | 4% | 16% | 27% | |
| History | 100 | 14% | 38% | 48% | |
| Art and Design | 89 | 9% | 18% | 25% | |
| Geography | 82 | 5% | 13% | 23% | |
| Spanish | 77 | 6% | 26% | 39% | |
| Social Studies | 28 | 18% | 39% | 57% | |
| Biology | 27 | 26% | 78% | 93% | |
| Religious Studies | 26 | 31% | 69% | 81% | |
| Physics | 25 | 40% | 88% | 96% |
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 Sheffield 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.