Lift TamworthThe Wilnecote School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Tamworth.

Summary of the comparison

Lift Tamworth and The Wilnecote School are secondary schools in Tamworth.

  • Lift Tamworth scores 43 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and The Wilnecote School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). The Wilnecote School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Lift Tamworth was judged the expected standard and The Wilnecote School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 36.1 for Lift Tamworth and 38.7 for The Wilnecote School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Lift Tamworth (37.8 in 2021-22, 36.1 in 2024-25) and has fallen at The Wilnecote School (42.2 in 2021-22, 38.7 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Lift Tamworth versus The Wilnecote School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure TamworthLift TamworthTamworthThe Wilnecote SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD43/100D51/100Stronger figure
Local ranking61st of 70 in Staffordshire 42nd of 70 in Staffordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll605 913
Capacity900 960
LocationTamworth, B77 2NE Tamworth, B77 5LF
GCSE results
Attainment 836.1 38.7 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths22.7% 23.9% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths53.4% Stronger figure48.4% 64.8%
Entering EBacc31.8% Stronger figure17.4% 40.5%
EBacc average point score2.98 3.23 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort88 155
Pupils
Pupils in the census605 913
Free school meals (ever 6)45.0% 23.9%
English as an additional language4.3% 6.2%
SEN support18.8% 19.2%
SEN with an EHC plan3.6% 2.4%
Attendance
Overall absence11.8% 7.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence37.8% 19.5% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Lift Tamworth

The Wilnecote School

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