Lift Lea Forest
General Information
- Address: Hurstcroft Road, Kitts Green, Birmingham, B33 9RD – View on map
- Phone: 01216753985
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Lynsey Hedley
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 110 families put it first for 60 places – 18 for every 10 places. 53% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 18 · 2025 18 · 2026 18
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 346
- % eligible for free school meals: 67.7%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 42% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.6% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 83% moved to another school, 17% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Birmingham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
- Suspensions for bullying: 38 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Birmingham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 13.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 16 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 84% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 19 percentage points above the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 88% against an expected 51%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 88%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 85% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 107
- Based on: 62 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 13th of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- #11Lift Percy Shurmer86%
- #12Ark Victoria Academy85%
- =13Lift Lea Forest84%
- =13Nishkam Primary School Birmingham84%
- =13Penns Primary School84%
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2nd of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #1Billesley Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #2Lift Lea ForestOutstanding
- #3Lift Percy ShurmerOutstanding
- #4Little Sutton Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,024 (2024-25)
137th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #135St Clement's Church of England Academy£7,030
- #136St Francis Church of England Aided Primary School and Nursery£7,028
- #137Lift Lea Forest£7,024
- #138Hollywood Primary School£7,010
- #139Heath Mount Primary School£6,994
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