Lift Broadlands, Bristol

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2026, pupils at Lift Broadlands averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.1 in Bath and North East Somerset and 47 across England.

53% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Bath and North East Somerset and 47% in England.

That is up from 31.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.21: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 31.4, against 51.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 19.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 17 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Business Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Lift Broadlands as their first choice and 112 named it as one of their preferences, for 39 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lift Broadlands are IKB Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 25.8); Wellsway School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 52.3); Oasis Academy Brislington (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.6); and Hanham Woods Academy (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6).

Lift Broadlands's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

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

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.7 in 2024/25.

Of the 129 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 81% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 48% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

43.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 7.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (78%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 39 pupils (12.4%) received SEN support and 25 (8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Lift Broadlands had 27 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Keynsham Rail Station, about 880 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Broadlands Academy (e-bound), 90 metres away.

In 2024/25, Lift Broadlands issued 318 suspensions, 87.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Lift Broadlands are St Keyna Primary School (0.4 miles), St John's Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles), Somerdale Educate Together Primary Academy (0.7 miles) and Castle Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.