Lift Bexleyheath
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Bexleyheath, Bexley
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Bexley · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lift Bexleyheath is a secondary school in Bexleyheath, Bexley for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Bexley has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Lift Bexleyheath catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Year 7 2026 every applicant was offered a place, while 0 of the 9 other Bexley secondary schools with a published outcome did so.
- For Year 7, places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome, though not in 2026.
- Year 7 2026 had 104 first-choice applications for 215 offers, 0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 15 Bexley secondary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 30% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bexley.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bexley schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Woolwich Road, Bexleyheath, DA6 7DA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bexley
- Pupils on roll
- 1,474 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy their time at this school.”
- “They attend regularly and build very positive relationships with staff.”
- “Staff work well together to ensure that pupils, including students in the sixth form, feel welcome and supported.”
To improve
- “Some pupils, such as those with high prior attainment, could be doing even better.”
- “In some areas, achievement was below average in 2025.”
- “While some pupils with high prior attainment do not make as much progress as they could, overall, pupils are effectively prepared for their next stages of education, employment or training.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 41.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
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: 104 first-preference applications, 215 offers in total, 104 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bexley.
- St Catherine's Catholic School 0.5 mi Good
- St Columba's Catholic Boys' School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Townley Grammar School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Beths Grammar School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Bexley 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Welling School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Blackfen School for Girls 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Haberdashers' Crayford Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published