Lift Richmond Park, London

In 2026, pupils at Lift Richmond Park averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 56.8 in Richmond upon Thames and 47 across England.

58% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 65% in Richmond upon Thames and 47% in England.

That is down from 56.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.49: 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 41.8, against 56.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 113 families put Lift Richmond Park as their first choice and 557 named it as one of their preferences, for 256 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 7 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lift Richmond Park are Christ's Church of England Comprehensive Secondary School (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.4); Chiswick School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.1); Ark Putney Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.7); and Fulham Cross Academy (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.9).

Lift Richmond Park's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Lift Richmond Park 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 161 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 88% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 19% to a further education college and 3% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 59 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 61% went on to university or other higher education and 12% into work. 25% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

27.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (40%), Mixed (14%) and Asian (10%).

The nearest railway station is Mortlake Rail Station, about 840 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Kings Road (SW14), 310 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Lift Richmond Park stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Lift Richmond Park issued 62 suspensions, 6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Lift Richmond Park are East Sheen Primary School (0.2 miles), St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles), Thomson House School (0.5 miles) and Barnes Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.