Lift Percy Shurmer

BirminghamAcademy sponsor led

Longmore Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9ED

Headteacher: Miss Marie DuffySchool website ↗Pupils: 457 (capacity: 460)Part of LIFT SCHOOLS
Ofsted Outstanding
Inspected May 2023
Oversubscribed
78% of first-choice applicants offered a place
86%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Outstanding
Inspected May 2023
78%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 24 May 2023Full report ↗

Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Outstanding across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
86.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
10.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 90%·Writing 91%·Maths 90%All three 86%
Reading
Expected90%
Exceeding38%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected91%
Exceeding24%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected90%
Exceeding28%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
77
How many got their first choice?
60of 77 (77.9%)
How many applied in total?
181

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
76.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
62.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
12.0%
Boys and girls
51%girls·49%boys
233 girls, 224 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 90% (2023/24), currently 86%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1631.0%0.0%-3.6+0.7-1.1
2016/1742.0%3.0%-4.9+1.5-0.2
2017/1871.0%9.0%-1.1+0.7+1.8
2018/1955.0%2.0%-1.7+2.1+0.2
2022/2382.0%15.0%+5.3+2.3+4.2
2023/2490.0%8.0%---
2024/2586.0%10.0%---