Lift Four Dwellings Secondary
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lift Four Dwellings Secondary is a secondary school in Birmingham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Lift Four Dwellings Secondary 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 2026, 62 first-choice applications for 75 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 13 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 35% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
- The school has 18.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.2 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
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
- Dwellings Lane, Quinton, Birmingham, B32 1RJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 534 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 66.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at Four Dwellings Academy, and they and the staff take pride in their diverse school and the place it holds in the local community.”
- “Pupils benefit from a wide range of opportunities that the school provides, including various sports, a recent trip to France and a photography trip to Birmingham.”
- “Pupils report that they enjoy these opportunities.”
To improve
- “On taking up her position, the new principal was clear that there were too many inconsistencies in the quality of curriculum.”
- “However, there remain some inconsistencies in how well the curriculum is delivered.”
- “Sometimes the design of the activity is not best suited to the pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 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) | 35% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.1 | 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: 62 first-preference applications, 75 offers in total, 62 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 Birmingham.
- Hillcrest School and Sixth Form Centre 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bartley Green School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Five Ways School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- King Edward VI Lordswood School for Girls 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lordswood Boys' School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- E-ACT Shenley Academy 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- George Dixon Academy 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The University of Birmingham School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published