Secondary
Lift Sir Herbert Leon
Fern Grove, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 3HQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 589 of 750 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.7
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 43.4
- Pupils per adult
- 15.0
- Pupils
- 652
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
May 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentInadequate
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
September 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
24%
17 points below the Milton Keynes average (41% across 13 schools)
33.7
9.8 below the Milton Keynes average (43.5 across 13 schools)
11th of 13 by our score, among the secondary schools in Milton Keynes we can score - 14 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 33.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.93 |
| Entered the EBacc | 13% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37% |
| 22/23 | 24% |
| 23/24 | 38% |
| 24/25 | 24% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.67 |
| 22/23 | -0.72 |
| 23/24 | -1.02 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.1 |
| 22/23 | 33.4 |
| 23/24 | 36.3 |
| 24/25 | 33.7 |
Fern Grove, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 3HQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Milton Keynes admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Damian McGeehin
- Address
- Fern Grove, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 3HQ
- Telephone
- 01908624720