Lift Aylward
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · London, Enfield
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Enfield Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lift Aylward is a secondary school in London, Enfield for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Enfield has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Lift Aylward catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 Year 7 entry, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 3 of the 7 earlier years.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 140 first-choice applications for 190 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the 7th lowest of 18 Enfield secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a place for 2026 Year 7 entry, and 50 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above: 37% (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Enfield.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Enfield schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Windmill Road, Enfield, London, N18 1NB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Enfield
- Pupils on roll
- 1,324 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 December 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are warmly welcomed each day as they arrive at school.”
- “The safeguarding and welfare teams are proactive in identifying pupils who may need help.”
- “Pupils know that they can speak with a trusted adult if they have a worry.”
To improve
- “This gives them subject-specific expertise and secure pedagogical knowledge, though in a few instances this is still a work in progress.”
- “Uptake of school clubs is not as high as it could be.”
- “However, students with higher starting points do not progress as well.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 February 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 140 first-preference applications, 190 offers in total, 140 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Enfield.
- The Latymer School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Winchmore School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls 1.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- AIM Academy North London 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Laurel Park School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heron Hall Academy 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Highlands School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Enfield Grammar School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published