Lift New Forest
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Southampton, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lift New Forest is a secondary school in Southampton, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2023. Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Lift New Forest 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 |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 42.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.9% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire.
- Year 7 2026: 74 first-choice applications for 101 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 27 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 38.5 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Long Lane, Holbury, Southampton, SO45 2PA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 504 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2023
Strengths
- “Over the last few years, the school has established an inclusive and ambitious ethos.”
- “This can be seen particularly in its work on the curriculum and pupils’ behaviour.”
- “The school has raised its ambitions for what pupils can achieve academically.”
To improve
- “However, this is not yet the case in a few areas.”
- “However, the delivery of tutor sessions is not consistently effective.”
- “Consequently, some pupils’ depth of understanding is not as secure as it could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 2023 (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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.5 | 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: 74 first-preference applications, 101 offers in total, 74 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 Hampshire.
- Noadswood School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Applemore College 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Hamble School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brookfield Community School 5.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hounsdown School 6.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Wildern School 6.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Deer Park School 7.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Henry Cort Community College 7.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published