Lift Unity City
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Middlesbrough
Lift Unity City is a secondary school in Middlesbrough for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Middlesbrough has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Ormesby Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 8RE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Middlesbrough
- Pupils on roll
- 1,033 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 72% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Staff place pupils' safety and wellbeing at the centre of their work.”
- “Pupils benefit from this focus.”
- “Leaders put routines in place at the start of the school day to check that pupils are safe and ready to learn.”
To improve
- “On occasion, behaviour outside of classrooms can be livelier, although not ill-tempered.”
- “Leaders are taking action to address the concerns that some pupils express over congestion on the busy stairways.”
- “Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, have not achieved well enough over time.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 21% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.2 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 175 first-preference applications, 196 offers in total, 175 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Year 7 2022 to 2026, as Middlesbrough published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Middlesbrough.
- Outwood Academy Ormesby 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Trinity Catholic College 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Riverside 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Acklam 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The King's Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Macmillan Academy 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Acklam Grange School 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published