Lift Beacon High
Secondary · London · N7 0JG
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 16 November 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
414 pupils · 69% of 600 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 73.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- URN
- 152337
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 39 families named it first for 85 Year 7 places, 0.46 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2014 entry went to 2.172 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 13 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2007 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 16 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 13.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.46 first-choice applications per place85 places offered · 39 first-choice applications · usually has places
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2014 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.172 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: London school admissions · Islington school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 20% (Islington 24%, England 59%) · Black African 20% (Islington 17%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 12% (Islington 9%, England 3%) · Any other White background 11% (Islington 14%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Islington 4%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 8% (Islington 4%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Islington 9%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 5% (Islington 7%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Islington 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Islington 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Islington 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 45.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 19.2% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 36.7% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 29.7% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.6% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 26% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 51.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 22.2% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 1.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 84.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 10.4% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 64.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002784 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £615,000944 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £475,000–£871,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (3.50 km, 2014 entry): 10,267 sales, median £675,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 18an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 95an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 15an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted