Lift Brockworth

Brockworth Primary Academy has shown significant improvement since its last inspection, moving from a Requires Improvement rating to a Good overall effectiveness. The leadership team has a clear vision and has implemented an ambitious curriculum that enables pupils to learn effectively. Pupils express pride in their school, highlighting the supportive environment and the emphasis on positive behavior and well-being. While the majority of pupils learn to read fluently through a well-structured program, some younger pupils require additional support to enhance their fluency, a concern that the school is addressing alongside curriculum development in a few subjects where critical knowledge has not yet been fully prioritized.

Strengths

• Strong leadership driving rapid improvement.
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum.
• Effective teaching practices that build pupil knowledge.
• High priority given to reading with a structured program.
• Successful adaptation of learning for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils demonstrate pride in their school and positive behavior.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, essential knowledge has not yet been clearly prioritized.
• A small number of pupils need more support to become fluent readers.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Lift Brockworth attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at Lift Brockworth were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Lift Brockworth had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.2% of pupils at Lift Brockworth were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Lift Brockworth received £7,344 and spent £7,464 for each of its 385 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £309,000 (£803 per pupil).

Across all 59 schools of Lift Schools, income was £8,746 and spending £8,644 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Gloucester · Gloucestershire local authority: places and applications

Lift Brockworth is part of Lift Schools, which runs 62 schools. The nearest others:

• Lift Hillview Gloucester
• Lift Crescent View Cheltenham
• Lift Callowell Stroud
• Marling School Stroud
• Lift Cam Woodfield Junior Dursley
• Lift Berkeley Berkeley
• Lift Hazelwood Swindon
• Lift Offa's Mead Chepstow
• Lift East Wichel Swindon
• Lift Broadlands Bristol

What is Lift Brockworth's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lift Brockworth is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Lift Brockworth last inspected by Ofsted?

Lift Brockworth was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Lift Brockworth have?

Lift Brockworth has 386 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lift Brockworth cover?

Lift Brockworth for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Lift Brockworth's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lift Brockworth?

Lift Brockworth is at Moorfield Road, Brockworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3 4JL.