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State secondary · 11 to 16 · Mixed · 1,033 pupils

Lift Unity City

Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8RE
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

In 2026 offers reached 1.29 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: Middlesbrough offer-day figures, 2025 to 2026.

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Ofsted report card · April 2026No 2026 resultsFewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Inspection
Ofsted report card, April 2026
Results
-0.87 progress 8; 34.2 attainment 8
Size
1,033 pupils; 196 places a year; classes of 24
Run by
Lift Schools
Type
Academy sponsor led
Ages
11 to 16 · Mixed
Ofsted, April 2026The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
AchievementNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
InclusionExpected standard
Safeguarding standardsMet
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: -0.87, against -0.40 in Middlesbrough.
  • Attainment 8: 34.2, against 42.3 in Middlesbrough.
  • English and maths, grade 5+: 21%, against 39% in Middlesbrough.
  • Sessions missed: 13.8%, against 9.8% in Middlesbrough.
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At a glance

Against Middlesbrough and England
This schoolMiddlesbroughEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
-0.87
Worse than Middlesbrough
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
34.2
Worse than Middlesbrough
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
21%
Worse than Middlesbrough
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
13.8%
Worse than Middlesbrough
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
42.2%
Worse than Middlesbrough
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
53.5
Worse than Middlesbrough
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
23.8
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
72%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
16.2
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
In line with Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 175 families put it first for 196 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold a catchment map for this school.

Quality

  • Ofsted report card (Achievement: Needs attention; Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met) Ofsted · inspected 21 April 2026
  • Progress 8: -0.87 (England +0.01) (county -0.40) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 34.2 (England 47.4) (county 42.3) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 21% (England 48%) (county 39%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 14% of sessions missed; 42% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.7% and 29% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 53 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 26); 11 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 23.8 pupils; 3.3% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 16.2 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 98 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 11 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 9.9 µg/m³, PM2.5 5.8 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Lift Schools, with 62 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined August 2022
  • Opened as an academy (sponsored) on 1 September 2002 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Keldholme School (URN 111750) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links
  • Replaced Langbaurgh School (URN 111738) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026210—210——
Year 72025210—210—1.29

Source: Council offer-day figures: Middlesbrough, 2025 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026196175291175
Year 72025203219363192
Year 72024249203319203
Year 72023245207339207
Year 72022204174279174
Year 72021202146225146
Year 72020202160232160
Year 72019208121197121
Year 72018188107180107
Year 720171689015790

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8-0.87+0.01-0.402023/2024
Attainment 834.247.442.32024/2025
English and maths grade 5 or above21%48%39%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
21 April 2026Report card7 areas graded
10 May 2022Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2026.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2417274%In education 70%; Apprenticeship 0.6%; Employment 2.9%
After GCSEs2022/2314974%In education 68%; Apprenticeship 2.0%; Employment 4.0%
After GCSEs2021/2213074%In education 70%; Apprenticeship 0.8%; Employment 3.1%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/2514%4.8%9.1%42%9.6%
2023/2415%4.5%10%42%9.7%
2022/2317%1.9%15%48%10%
Schools with a similar intake9.7%29%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 758 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2553.513%54911
2023/2475.320%75014
2022/2370.219%64414
Schools with a similar intake25.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size23.82025/26
Classes over 30 pupils3.3%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher16.2November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus98

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20241
20232
20225
20212

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 4 involved a pedestrian, 4 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO29.92024
PM109.12024
PM255.82024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals72%2025/26
First language other than English12%2025/26
SEN support12%2025/26
Education, health and care plan4.9%2025/26
Girls47%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Lift Schools, with 62 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined August 2022
  • Opened as an academy (sponsored) on 1 September 2002 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Keldholme School (URN 111750) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links
  • Replaced Langbaurgh School (URN 111738) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Middlesbrough
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Middlesbrough and the Middlesbrough league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.