Lift Montgomery
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.31 miles
Published by Birmingham City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lift Montgomery is a primary school in Birmingham for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Lift Montgomery 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.31 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.31 miles away, the 5th shortest of 58 Birmingham primary schools with a published last distance.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 5 of the 6 years with a published outcome.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 55 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 28% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- White Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, B11 1EH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 466 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “The school sets out to provide an excellent education for every child, in every classroom, every day.”
- “Pupils sit at the heart of all that the school does.”
- “Pupils are rightly proud to show visitors around their exceptional school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 83% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Birmingham.
- Conway Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Olive School, Small Heath 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Controlled Primary School and Nursery 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ladypool Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Arden Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nelson Mandela School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Regents Park Community Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Somerville Primary (NC) School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published