Lift Rawlett

About Lift Rawlett

Lift Rawlett is a mixed secondary school in Lichfield for pupils aged 11 to 16, currently operating with 1,036 pupils against a capacity of 1,260, leaving around 18% of its places unfilled. Despite this headroom, the school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, receiving 262 applications for 135 places — an oversubscription ratio of 1.94 — with 97 first-preference offers made. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 20.3%, which is notably higher than the national average of around 23% but sits within a typical range for a state secondary in the West Midlands. The school does not have a sixth form or nursery provision, and its religious character is listed as not applicable. Headteacher Jasmine Woodward leads a school that, based on its intake data, draws a significant number of families who actively choose it as their first preference, even though it is not yet full to capacity.

Academically, Lift Rawlett’s most recent published results from the 2023/24 academic year show a Progress 8 score of -0.44, meaning pupils achieve nearly half a grade less per subject than the national average. This places the school in the bottom 50 nationally, ranking 2,520th out of 3,141 schools. Within the West Midlands, it sits at 284th out of 371, and in the Lichfield local authority area it ranks 5th out of 7 schools. The Attainment 8 score is 42.7, and 39.2% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths (the basics 9-5 measure). The EBacc average point score is 3.87, with 61.3% of pupils entering the EBacc combination of subjects. For context, the local authority average Progress 8 score is -0.18, so Lift Rawlett’s performance is significantly below the typical school in Staffordshire. The school’s Ofsted inspection in June 2025 rated it as Requires Improvement across all areas, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management — a downgrade from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2022, where it had scored slightly better on quality of education and personal development.

The school offers a range of facilities including a swimming pool, sports hall, gymnasium, tennis courts, astro turf, science labs, art studios, and a chapel. Sports on offer include basketball, hockey, rowing, netball, badminton, and tennis, while clubs cover DofE, chess, film, coding, art, debate, and science. SEND provisions are in place for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses from 133 parents in the 2024/25 period show a mixed picture: 52% would recommend the school, but only 53% agreed their child is happy, and just 39% agreed the school ensures good behaviour. Concerns about how the school communicates learning and handles SEND support were notable, with 35% disagreeing that the school makes them aware of what their child will learn, and 46% disagreeing that SEND children get the support they need. This is a school that may suit families who value its wide range of facilities and activities, but who are prepared for an institution still working through significant Ofsted-identified improvements.

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