Academy · Islington
Lift Beacon High
- Secondary
- Ages 11–16
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Islington council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 39 families put this school as their first choice, and 85 places were offered. 39 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 16 November 2022. Overall: Good It was inspected as Beacon High, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 414 (capacity 600)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- LIFT SCHOOLS
- Phone
- 02076075885
- Address
- Hilldrop Road, Islington, London, N7 0JG
- Website
- liftbeaconhigh.org
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.