About Us


Aylward Academy is about students, staff and parents working together. To help pupils develop lively enquiring minds, apply themselves to tasks and acquire practical skills and knowledge that are valued both for their own sake and for the broader good of society. From day one we are on your side.

Welcome to Aylward Academy, a mixed 11-18 comprehensive school in Edmonton, the London Borough of Enfield, serving a truly multi-cultural community, where every student is valued and treated as an individual.

Aylward Academy is a key member of Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) one of 57 academies created to provide thousands of students/pupils with the best possible education. It is a school where young people’s talents and abilities are nurtured and where they can develop their ambitions. Our aim is that all students should leave the school as highly qualified, confident and articulate young adults. We want you to have an enjoyable time at Aylward Academy both educationally and socially. If you have a problem we’re here to help. If you have an idea we are here to listen.

The provision for our higher learning potential children goes right through to the Sixth Form enabling them to make applications to the top universities including Oxford and Cambridge.

Underpinning the AET vision is our commitment to the Key Outcomes of the Every Child Matters agenda. At AET Academies these will be based upon a set of Values and Beliefs.

Through our actions and behaviours we will strive to develop young people who:

  • respect themselves and the community (people, property and the environment);

  • are polite, calm, caring, honest, trustworthy and helpful;

  • are responsible, independent and supportive of each other;

  • are tolerant, open minded and not prejudiced;

  • are determined and have a strong work ethic;

  • are thoughtful and have the ability to listen;

  • have good communication skills;

  • offer themselves as good role models for younger students;

  • can demonstrate strong self-belief and confidence and have high aspirations;

  • can work together in groups and, as they develop, can begin to lead others.

Our Vision & Ambition

At Aylward Academy we intend all our students, regardless of background, to become brave, inquisitive and independent thinkers. We aim to challenge our students through a rich learning journey, and, as a result of an academic curriculum focused on depth of a wide body of knowledge and skills, as well as the wider curriculum experiences we offer, students are empowered to broaden their interests, develop their character and ‘find their remarkable’.

Our ambition is to inspire our students to see learning as a lifelong journey. We want them to all push their limits to achieve the best possible outcomes both in terms of qualifications, but also in terms of being the best person they can be in their future lives by developing into big-hearted individuals, who show kindness to each other. We want them to understand the possibilities that they have out in the wider world and not allow their ambitions to be constrained by what they perceive to be their opportunities when they join us at the beginning of their journey. We want to do this through inspiring them to question what they know and understand, what they think and what others tell them. We want them to realise that the world is full of big questions; to discover that anything is possible.


Our Attributes

We want to be unusually brave and we commit to being big hearted. We chose to treat each other with kindness, warmth and care believing that everybody matters and believing in one another. The values of the School today are underpinned by the Aylward Attributes staff and students are encouraged to demonstrate

  • Respect – we will respect everybody’s views, we respect the environment and we build positive relationships

  • Collaboration – we work together and achieve together

  • Creativity – we are innovative and original and think outside the box when solving problems

  • Professionalism – we wear our uniform with pride, attend school and be on time ready to learn every day

  • Resilience – we rise to the challenges and never give up

  • Independence – we aim to work and learn independently without needing a teacher

Facilities

Over the last few years our premises have undergone a comprehensive programme of refurbishment.

The Academy benefits from:

  • Specialist Performing Arts building, including a Theatre.

  • Specialist Art, Photography, Design Technology and Food Studies facilities.

  • Specialist Science Laboratories.

  • State of the art ICT facilities.

  • A Sixth Form specific Learning Resource Centre.

  • MUGA (Multi-Use Games Areas)

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How To Find Us

The school is situated in Edmonton, North London. Its site is off the A10, just north of the North Circular Road. It is easily reached from the M25 and is well served by public transport.

London Underground: The nearest station is Wood Green and Turnpike Lane (Piccadilly Line)

National Rail: The nearest station is Silver Street Station

Bus: The buses that stop closest to the school are the 34, 102, 144 and W6