Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 7 December 2022
Compared with the local authority and England
Attainment 8 scores a pupil's best 8 GCSE results, out of about 90. Progress 8 compares those results with pupils who started secondary school at the same level: 0 is average.
| Measure | School | Richmond upon Thames | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 56.1 | 56.6 | 46.1 |
Grade 4 is a standard pass; grade 5 is a strong pass.
| Measure | School | Richmond upon Thames | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67% | 65% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 81% | 65% |
| 5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4, including English and maths | 72% | 78% | 60% |
The EBacc is English, maths, science, a language, and history or geography. It is a set of subjects rather than a qualification.
| Measure | School | Richmond upon Thames | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering the EBacc | 69% | 54% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.1 |
Based on 170 pupils at the end of key stage 4.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Lift Richmond Park's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 7 December 2017. Ofsted inspected it again on 7 December 2022 without giving a new overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 31 October in your child's Year 6, for a place starting the following September. You apply to your home council even if Lift Richmond Park is in another council's area, and can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference. Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Lift Richmond Park has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Lift Richmond Park had 1,039 pupils aged 11 to 18 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 1,100. It is a mixed school with a sixth form.