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Lift Bexleyheath[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 47.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
50.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.42 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 41.1[6] 30.2%[6]
2023/24 41.4[4] 45.6%[4] -0.42[4]
2022/23 43.3[7] 43%[7] -0.09[7]
2021/22 47.2[8] 40%[8] +0.05[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
6.3% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 20%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 17.4%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 10%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
38% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
12% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
30% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[15] 48%[15] 5%[15] 33%[15] 3%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 48%[16] 7%[16] 29%[16] 6%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 42%[17] 7%[17] 38%[17] 3%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 41%[18] 6%[18] 32%[18] 7%[18] 6%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
38% 2022/23[19]
Education
41% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
10% 2022/23[19]
Employment
28% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 80%[20] 39%[20] 47%[20] 14%[20] 19%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 41%[21] 62%[21] 8%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 28%[22] 67%[22] 5%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 34%[23] 43%[23] 9%[23] 37%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
52% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
9% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
7% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 60%[26] 9%[26]
2019/20 45%[25] 8%[25] 7%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 45%[27] 3%[27] 3%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 54%[28] 5%[28] 5%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
28 Apr 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
18 Jun 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
6 Jul 2021[30] Schools into Special Measures Visit 3[30] Good[30]
3 Feb 2021[30] Schools into Special Measures Visit 3[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
501 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
104 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
215 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 700[31] 171[31] 296[31] 2.4[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2024 769[31] 178[31] 290[31] 2.7[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023 963[31] 273[31] 329[31] 2.9[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2022 742[31] 185[31] 260[31] 2.9[31] 0.7[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1900[1]
Trust
LIFT SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority
Bexley[1]
Website
http://www.bexleyheathacademy.org/[1]
District
Bexley[32]
Postcode
DA6 7DA[1]
URN
137138[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1487 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
41.5% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
15.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
2.2% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
27.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
55.9%[34]
Mixed
8.1%[34]
Asian
14.4%[34]
Black
20%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.2%[34]
Unclassified
0.4%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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