Lift Sir Herbert Leon
About the school
Lift Sir Herbert Leon is an open secondary school in Milton Keynes.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 8 October 2024
- Published
- 19 November 2024
- Inspection type
- Special Measures S5 ReInspection
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 33.7
- Milton Keynes
- 44.2
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Milton Keynes
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 24.30%
- Milton Keynes
- 44.20%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 45.80%
- Milton Keynes
- 63.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 12.50%
- Milton Keynes
- 40.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.93
- Milton Keynes
- 3.94
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
647
Girls
48.53%
Boys
51.47%
SEN support
28.90%
Education, health and care plan
1.55%
English as an additional language
32.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
55.33%
Overall absence
12.81
Persistent absence
42.78
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
86
Sustained education or employment
73%
Education
63%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
10%
Not sustained
15%