Lift Berkeley, Berkeley

From the headteacher's welcome: "Little Jesters is the on site preschool which offers a safe, secure and welcoming learning environment. Our preschool provides care for children aged 2 years 9 months to 4 years old. We are very much part of the wider school, with our own building set into the heart of the playground."

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Lift Berkeley reached the expected standard in reading and 57% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 75% in Gloucestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 73% in reading and 81% in maths in 2024.

Year groups in primary schools are small, so a handful of pupils can move these figures by several points from one year to the next.

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put Lift Berkeley as their first choice and 55 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 9 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

First-choice demand has risen from 25 in 2021 to 38 in 2026, while places went from 26 to 29.

Across Gloucestershire, 92% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2025, families in Gloucestershire lodged 224 appeals against primary school offers; 154 reached a hearing and 54 succeeded (35.1% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Lift Berkeley are Sharpness Primary School (1.5 miles, Good, 80% reading, 75% maths); Stone with Woodford Church of England Primary School (2.4 miles, Requires improvement, 92% reading, 92% maths); Severnbanks Primary School (3.4 miles, Good, 81% reading, 81% maths); and Lift Cam Woodfield Junior (3.6 miles, Good, 57% reading, 52% maths).

Lift Berkeley's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Lift Berkeley is one of 62 schools run by Lift Schools, an academy trust.

12.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (the average state school: 24.5%), and 3.1% speak English as an additional language (average: 18.5%), according to the 2025 school census.

In 2025, 26 pupils (11.6%) received SEN support and 5 (2.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 15.6% and 3.9% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Lift Berkeley employed 13 teachers in 2024, roughly one for every 15 pupils. Their average salary was £42,069.

Its 2026 funding allocation works out at £5,181 per pupil (£1.1 million in total), including £37,875 of pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils.

The nearest railway station is Lydney Rail Station, about 3.4 miles away.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Berkeley County Primary (outside), 40 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Lift Berkeley stands in is among the 40% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 0 crimes within a mile of the school.

In 2023/24, Lift Berkeley issued 4 suspensions, 1.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 2.3), and no permanent exclusions.