Lift Sir Herbert Leon
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Milton Keynes
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Milton Keynes City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lift Sir Herbert Leon is a secondary school in Milton Keynes for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Lift Sir Herbert Leon 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 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 24% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 33.7 (England 46).
- The latest Ofsted visit, on 8 October 2024, was not judged; the previous graded outcome was Inadequate (5 May 2022).
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, from 70 first-choice applications for 100 offers, with 30 offers going to families ranking it second or lower.
- 51.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 23.6% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Milton Keynes.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Milton Keynes schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fern Grove, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 3HQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 589 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils rightly recognise how much the school has improved.”
- “They explain how the culture has completely changed to one where they are expected to achieve the best they can.”
- “The school’s values of determination, respect, ambition and kindness are evident in pupils’ conduct.”
To improve
- “This is not routinely the case in a few subjects.”
- “As a result, some pupils struggle to remember the key knowledge they have learned before.”
- “The number of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate qualification is low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 2024 (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) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.7 | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 100 offers in total, 70 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 Milton Keynes.
- Lord Grey Academy 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Walton High 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Shenley Brook End School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Milton Keynes Academy 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Denbigh School 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Hazeley Academy 4.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brooklands Academy 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade