Lift Beacon
Academy sponsor led primary school in Loughborough (Leicestershire).
KS2 RWM expected
81%
▲ 19pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
84%
▲ 9pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
84%
▲ 10pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
81%
▲ 9pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
94.0%
▼ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
22.8
▲ 2.1 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
38.3%
▲ 13pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
100%
379 / 380 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
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 Beacon is a primary school located in Loughborough, Leicestershire. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 11 and currently has 308 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 380. It is part of the LIFT SCHOOLS. The school is led by Mr Ben Kilgannon.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support)
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 139005
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2012
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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