Lift Percy Shurmer, Birmingham

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

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at Lift Percy Shurmer reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 76% in Birmingham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (93% in reading, 92% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 80 families put Lift Percy Shurmer as their first choice and 138 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 22 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Lift Percy Shurmer are Chandos Primary School (0.2 miles, Requires improvement, 72% reading, 74% maths); Heath Mount Primary School (0.3 miles, 75% reading, 75% maths); Ark Tindal Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 78% reading, 80% maths); and Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School (0.6 miles, Good, 71% reading, 57% maths).

Lift Percy Shurmer's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

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

Across the trust's primary schools, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

70.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 68.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are other ethnic groups (37%), Black (31%) and Asian (23%).

In 2026, 64 pupils (13.9%) received SEN support and 35 (7.6%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

Lift Percy Shurmer has a resourced provision for hearing impairment: 24 places, 24 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Bordesley Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sherbourne Road (adjacent), 60 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 1133 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Birmingham (435), as is usual near a town centre.

Lift Percy Shurmer recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Lift Percy Shurmer are Ark St Alban's Academy (0.2 miles), Riverside Virtual College (0.8 miles) and City Academy (0.9 miles).