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Lift Aylward
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy
Windmill Road, Enfield, London N18 1NB · liftaylward.org · 020 8803 1738
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Enfield 46.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Enfield Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,324
- 89% of 1,485 places
- Local authority
- Enfield
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 50.5%
- First language not English
- 62.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Lift Schools
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Enfield Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 140 families put the school first and 190 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 190 | 140 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 213 | 166 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 203 | 148 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 234 | 192 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 234 | 180 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.8, and 36.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Enfield it was 46.2, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼36.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲60.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.51 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 56.3 | +3.6 |
| Sixth form college | 4.5 | −6.6 |
| Further education | 23.7 | +2.5 |
| Other education | 0.4 | — |
| Employment | 1.8 | −0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.4 | −0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 8 | +1.4 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78 students | C (31) | Above average +0.25 | |
| 78 students | C (31) | Above average +0.25 | |
| 49 students | Merit+ (29.2) | Above average +0.40 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 65 | C+ (33.9) | +0.47 |
| 2022/23 | 58 | C (28.7) | — |
| 2021/22 | 64 | C (30.6) | — |
| 2018/19 | 68 | C (29.4) | -0.02 |
| 2017/18 | 69 | C (29.3) | +0.40 |
| 2016/17 | 80 | C- (27.2) | +0.31 |
| 2015/16 | 101 | D+ (24) | +0.13 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 56.4 | −9.6 |
| Further and other education | 7.4 | +5.4 |
| Further education | 4.3 | — |
| Other education | 3.2 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 6.4 | +4.5 |
| Employment | 19.1 | +9.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.3 | −9.3 |
| Activity not captured | 5.3 | −0.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lift Aylward on 9 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 9 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jul 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jul 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Before September 2019
Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
65% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 65%
- Positive
- 54%
- Replies
- 26
- 2% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on 7 parents (27%) whose child was bullied
based on 3 parents (12%) with SEND