Lift Firth Park
Sheffield, S5 0SD · Sheffield · secondary school
25th of 29 secondary schools in Sheffield we can score, 30 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 2.9/10 against 232 of them, against 1.1/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 24.6 · 9 | 46% | 0.40 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.45 · 18 | 38% | 0.70 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 32.7 · 3 | 15% | 0.05 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 24.6% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. The Attainment 8 score was 32.7, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.45 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (2.9 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.1 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the FPA Debate Team, Double Dutch, The Burnet News Club, and Rock Band, alongside football, badminton, basketball, table tennis, and trampolining. Both breakfast and after-school clubs are available.
Getting in. The school has 1164 pupils in a capacity of 1350 places, leaving 186 spare places. The school has a little room, but is fairly full.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the gap between the current Attainment 8 score and the national median? What specific strategies are used to improve Progress 8 scores for students from similar backgrounds? How do the breakfast and after-school clubs integrate with the academic timetable?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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