Lift Broadlands
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bath and North East Somerset Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lift Broadlands is a secondary school in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. Bath and North East Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2018 to 2026 entry.
Lift Broadlands 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 |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 entry in 2026 drew 32 first-choice applications for 39 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, 2nd lowest of 12 Bath and North East Somerset secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 24% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 31.8 (England 46).
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, 37 of the 112 applications (33%) came from families living outside Bath and North East Somerset; 10 offers went to them.
- 43.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 18.6% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bath and North East Somerset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St Francis Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2DY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 314 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “This is ambitious and aims to help all pupils achieve highly.”
- “The school’s motto, ‘Discover Your Remarkable’, has been used to drive wider changes, which is creating a positive and supportive culture.”
- “This ensures that staff know pupils well, and it gives them the confidence to succeed.”
To improve
- “However, there are times when some pupils can be less tolerant of others.”
- “However, there are some pupils who, on occasion, find the curriculum hard to access.”
- “However, occasionally, some feel they are less well accepted than others.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 June 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) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 31.8 | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 32 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 Bath and North East Somerset.
- IKB Academy 1.0 mi Good
- Wellsway School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oldfield School 4.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chew Valley School 6.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hayesfield Girls School 6.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE School 6.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Saint Gregory's Catholic College 7.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechen Cliff School 7.1 mi Good Last distance published