Lift Kingswood, Hull

In 2026, pupils at Lift Kingswood averaged an Attainment 8 score of 57.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.2 in Kingston upon Hull, City of; and 47 across England.

63% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Kingston upon Hull, City of; and 47% in England.

That is up from 55 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.24: 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 47, against 60.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and French.

For September 2026 entry, 398 families put Lift Kingswood as their first choice and 741 named it as one of their preferences, for 354 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 54 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lift Kingswood are Winifred Holtby Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.2); Sirius Academy North (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.1); St Mary's College Voluntary Catholic Academy (2.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.8); and Malet Lambert (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.2).

Lift Kingswood's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Lift Kingswood 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.

417 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Lift Kingswood (as of September 2025): 83% would recommend the school, 85% say their child is happy there and 53% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (53%).

Of the 233 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 20% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

10.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 208 pupils (13.1%) received SEN support and 25 (1.6%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Lift Kingswood.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is North Carr, 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Lift Kingswood stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Lift Kingswood issued 2 suspensions, 0.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Lift Kingswood are Cleeve Primary School (0.4 miles), Highlands Primary School (0.5 miles), Broadacre Primary School (0.6 miles) and Bude Park Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.