Hounslow secondary schools

Year 7 admissions · September 2027

Lift Kingsley

A mixed, non-selective secondary academy in Hounslow with a sixth form.

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September 2027 admissions policy

Verified by SchoolRange on View original policy (PDF)

AddressCecil Road, Hounslow, TW3 1AX
Funding sectorState-fundedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Academic selectionNon-selectiveDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Religious characterNot applicableDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
GovernanceAcademy sponsor ledDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
GenderMixedDfE GIAS classification · Snapshot dated
Age range11 to 18
URN139276
2027 Year 7 places180 places
Official websiteOfficial school website Website link checked .

Admissions summary

How places are prioritised

For September 2027, named EHCPs are admitted first. Lift Kingsley then prioritises looked-after children, accepted exceptional medical or social need and eligible siblings before other applicants ordered by Hounslow's official walking-route measurement.

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September 2027 entry

Lift Kingsley Year 7 admissions criteria

Priority order

  1. Children whose EHCP names Lift Kingsley
  2. Looked-after and previously looked-after children
  3. Children whose exceptional medical or social need is accepted by Lift Kingsley
  4. Children meeting Lift Kingsley's sibling criterion
  5. All other applicants, ordered by Hounslow's official walking-route measurement

Sibling priority

The sibling must attend Lift Kingsley and still be on roll when the applicant starts, and both children must live in the same family household at the same address. Blood, half, step, adoptive and foster siblings and the child of a parent's partner qualify; cousins do not.

Children of staff

The published Year 7 oversubscription criteria do not include a children-of-staff priority.

How distance is measured

Hounslow measures the walking route from the property's LLPG or NLPG seed point to the nearest pupil gate using Synergy and the Ordnance Survey MasterMap Highways Network. SchoolRange cannot reproduce that official route; postcode-centre straight-line distance is indicative only.

Evidence to prepare

  • Proof of the permanent home address used for the application
  • Sibling details on the Common Application Form if claiming sibling priority
  • A written statement from an independent professional if requesting exceptional medical or social need priority
  • Evidence showing why Lift Kingsley is the only school able to meet the child's need, sent directly to the school by the application deadline

Other published rules

  • Where applicants have equal priority for the final available place, the academy uses random allocation; distance orders only the ordinary distance category.
  • If one twin or child from a multiple birth receives the final available place, the other children from that birth are also offered places even if PAN is exceeded.
  • The official admissions webpage retains September 2026 text and a separate special-school-style EHC referral section. SchoolRange uses only the linked 2027–28 admission arrangements for this analysis.

Application deadline

Apply through the council where your child lives, even if the school is in another borough.

What recent offers show

Hounslow reported that every applicant reaching Lift Kingsley's ordinary distance category was offered a place in the March first-round allocations for 2024, 2025 and 2026, so no distance cutoff was published for those years.

Published outcomes

Recent published admissions history

This is historical context, not a prediction for 2027. These are past allocation outcomes, not a forecast or guarantee.