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Academy sponsor led · Enfield

Lift Aylward

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,324Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136147URN

Windmill Road, Enfield, London, N18 1NB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
1.5 below Enfield median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in EnfieldSelective

282 applications for 190 places · 20th of 20 in Enfield
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.5of 90
20th of 21 in Enfield
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 December 2025Published 28 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 9 December 2025
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 2 July 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.5applications per place, Year 7
1.5 below Enfield median (3.0) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

282 applications · 190 places offered · 140 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Enfield median median 3.0
  2. 2025 1.7; Enfield median median 2.9
  3. 2024 1.9; Enfield median median 2.8
  4. 2023 1.9; Enfield median median 2.7
  5. 2022 1.7; Enfield median median 2.8
  6. 2021 2.0; Enfield median median 2.9
  7. 2020 2.1; Enfield median median 3.0
  8. 2019 2.1; Enfield median median 3.5
  9. 2018 1.9; Enfield median median 3.3
  10. 2017 2.0; Enfield median median 3.6
  11. 2016 2.0; Enfield median median 3.5
  12. 2015 2.0; Enfield median median 3.3
  13. 2014 1.9; Enfield median median 4.2
More applications per place than the Enfield median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Enfield median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261902821.51400.74
Sep 20252133591.71660.78
Sep 20242033781.91480.73
Sep 20232344331.91920.82
Sep 20222343951.71800.77
Sep 20212404832.02080.87
Sep 20202384912.11830.77
Sep 20192405052.11840.77
Sep 20182384521.91880.79
Sep 20172404772.01930.80
Sep 20162344772.01780.76
Sep 20152384762.01880.79
Sep 20142344511.91720.74

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

218 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.520th of 21 in Enfield
Grade 5 or above in English and maths34%18th of 21 in Enfield
Grade 4 or above in English and maths51%
  • This school
  • Enfield median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.28
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21837.534%51%–
2024/2522939.837%61%–
2023/2422438.835%61%−0.28
2022/2323739.441%61%−0.19

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136147 · 308/6907
Trust
Lift Schools
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,485 pupils · 1,324 on roll
Free school meals
50.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2010
Replaced
The Gladys Aylward School (URN 102046)
Address
Windmill Road, Enfield, London, N18 1NB
Local authority
Enfield

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources