Lift Newington
About the school
Lift Newington is an open primary school in Kingston upon Hull, City of.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 11 June 2025
- Published
- 15 July 2025
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Standards maintained
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 71%
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 66%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 2%
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 9%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 75%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 78%
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 75%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 78%
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 76%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 73%
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 73%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 25%
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 28%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 71%
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 82%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 104
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
411
Girls
47.69%
Boys
52.31%
SEN support
13.63%
Education, health and care plan
2.92%
English as an additional language
41.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
36.68%
Overall absence
5.61
Persistent absence
14.16