Lift Firth Park
Academy sponsor led secondary school in Sheffield (Sheffield).
Attainment 8
36.7
▼ 9.5 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
35.3%
▼ 11pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
86.5%
▼ 5pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
15.5
▼ 1.2 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
55.7%
▲ 28pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
21.2%
▲ 7pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
83%
1,115 / 1,350 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
No overall grade
inspected Jun 2025
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 Firth Park is a secondary school located in Sheffield. The school caters for boys and girls aged 11 to 16 and currently has 1,164 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,350. It is part of the LIFT SCHOOLS. The school is led by Mr Nigel Whittle.
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
- 139334
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Sheffield
- Constituency
- Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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