Lift Unity City
Academy sponsor led in Middlesbrough, TS3 8RE, taking ages 11 to 16, 1,033 on roll.
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Will an address get in?
In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 1.01 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every Middlesbrough school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 1.01 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.
Lift Unity City: 1.01 miles, 2025/26 Corpus Christi RC Primary School: 0.18 miles, 2025/26, published by Middlesbrough
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Lift Unity City is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2025/26, from Middlesbrough. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Middlesbrough, published admission distances, 2025/26
Where Lift Unity City and Corpus Christi RC Primary School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Corpus Christi RC Primary School admitted from 0.18 miles in 2025/26, published by Middlesbrough. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 1.01 and 0.18 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Lift Unity City that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pallister Park Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 1.87 mi 2025/26 | 0.4 mi |
| Park End Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.46 mi 2025/26 | 0.4 mi |
| Berwick Hills Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.56 mi 2025/26 | 0.6 mi |
| Corpus Christi RC Primary School Both in reach | Primary | 0.18 mi 2025/26 | 0.6 mi |
| Brambles Primary Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.15 mi 2025/26 | 0.7 mi |
| Thorntree Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.41 mi 2025/26 | 0.7 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| How full | 1,033 pupils in 1,050 places (98% full) |
| Trust | LIFT SCHOOLS |
| Local authority | Middlesbrough |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Report card, April 2026: 4 at the expected standard, 2 needing attention or urgent improvement |
| Report card |
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| Attainment 8 | 34.2 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | -0.87 |
| 2022/23 | -0.57 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Lift Unity City
| Girls and boys | 47.2% girls, 52.8% boys |
| English as an additional language | 11.7% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 72.0% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Lift Unity City's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 0.7% |
| Sixth-form college | 9.4% |
| Further education college | 58.4% |
| Apprenticeship | 2.0% |
| Employment | 4.0% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 15.4% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of Lift Unity City
Cheapest district inside the 1.01 miles: TS3, median £88,000. Dearest: TS4, £100,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| TS3 | Middlesbrough | 0.3 mi | £88,000 68 sales |
| TS4 | Middlesbrough | 1.0 mi | £100,000 34 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 1.01 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Lift Unity City by bus
Best-served stop: Kelvin Grove, 106 yd away, with 2.8 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:38, last 18:43.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelvin Grove | 106 yd | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9 |
| Kelvin Grove | 170 yd | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 9 |
| Ormesby Grange Care Home | 0.1 mi | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 9 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Lift Unity City against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around TS3: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at TS3 8RE, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
Checking the house as well as the school
The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.
Common questions
What is the catchment area for Lift Unity City?
Lift Unity City does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 1.01 miles away, per Middlesbrough.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Lift Unity City?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 1.01 miles was enough in 2025/26, and at 98% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Lift Unity City guarantee a place?
No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
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