Lift New Forest

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 27 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
138585
Address
Long Lane, Holbury, SO45 2PA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
548 (52% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
2.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.4%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.9%
Mixed 2.3%
Other White 1.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
African 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.4
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.25
Local authority average 4.01
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award17
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award27
Sports StudiesTechnical Award31
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE30
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE19
English LanguageGCSE118
English LiteratureGCSE116
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The New Forest Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
91
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
91
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
14
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
91
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
107
58
49
Year 8
110
59
51
Year 9
111
56
55
Year 10
99
51
48
Year 11
121
60
61
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
72.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
63.0%
38.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
0.0%
5.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
9.0%
41.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
16.0%
5.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023