Secondary
Lift Greenwood
Farnborough Road, Birmingham, B35 7NL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 935 of 1080 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.0
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 71.7
- Pupils per adult
- 13.4
- Pupils
- 963
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 January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
October 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
March 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
19%
27 points below the Birmingham average (46% across 87 schools)
31.8
15.5 below the Birmingham average (47.3 across 87 schools)
86th of 88 by our score, among the secondary schools in Birmingham we can score - 112 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 | 31.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.77 |
| Entered the EBacc | 44% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19% |
| A level average points per entry | 19.33 |
| A level students | 28 |
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 | 41% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 34% |
| 24/25 | 19% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 20.8 |
| 22/23 | 19.4 |
| 23/24 | 22.6 |
| 24/25 | 19.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.23 |
| 22/23 | -0.15 |
| 23/24 | -0.97 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.1 |
| 22/23 | 40.4 |
| 23/24 | 35.8 |
| 24/25 | 31.8 |
Farnborough Road, Birmingham, B35 7NL
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.
Birmingham 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.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Daniel Opoku
- Address
- Farnborough Road, Birmingham, B35 7NL
- Telephone
- 01214646101