Lift Four Dwellings Secondary, Birmingham

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

In 2026, pupils at Lift Four Dwellings Secondary averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.5 in Birmingham and 47 across England.

33% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Birmingham and 47% in England.

That is down from 42.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.22: pupils made above 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 36, against 48.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and Religious Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 62 families put Lift Four Dwellings Secondary as their first choice and 215 named it as one of their preferences, for 75 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 Four Dwellings Secondary are Perryfields Academy (0.9 miles, Attainment 8 41.4); Leasowes High School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 40.2); Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.6); and Bartley Green School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.1).

Lift Four Dwellings Secondary's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Lift Four Dwellings Secondary 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 108 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 51% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

66.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 33.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (29%), Black (22%) and Mixed (15%).

In 2026, 83 pupils (15.5%) received SEN support and 10 (1.9%) 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.

The nearest railway station is Rowley Regis Rail Station, about 1.9 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Four Dwellings Academy (adjacent), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 254 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435).

In 2024/25, Lift Four Dwellings Secondary issued 194 suspensions, 35.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Lift Four Dwellings Secondary are Lift Four Dwellings Primary (under 0.1 miles), Quinton Church Primary School (0.5 miles), Howley Grange Primary School (0.5 miles) and World's End Junior School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.