Lift Unity City
Academy sponsor led secondary school in Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough).
Attainment 8
36.9
▼ 9.3 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
21.6%
▼ 25pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
86.2%
▼ 5pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
17.9
▲ 1.2 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
72.0%
▲ 45pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
8.5%
▼ 6pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
98%
1,033 / 1,050 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Report card
inspected Apr 2026
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Lift Unity City is a secondary school located in Middlesbrough. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 1,027 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,050. It is part of the LIFT SCHOOLS. The school is led by Mrs Jill Gray.
Key facts
- URN
- 133768
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Middlesbrough
- Constituency
- Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2002
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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