Personal development
From clubs to performances, take a look at what our students have been up to away from the classroom.
From clubs to performances, take a look at what our students have been up to away from the classroom.
Our Character Curriculum at Lift Aylward is fundamentally defined by a set of core values that drive all we do, aspiring to nothing less than excellence in every endeavour. This commitment is deeply rooted in integrity, ensuring all actions are guided by honesty and strong moral principles. We foster a culture of genuine kindness and a collective pursuit that is balanced by Self-Control. Our Character Curriculum empowers our students to make deliberate, thoughtful choices that align with their long term goals. Our curriculum inspires a love of learning and enables our alumni to go on to lead long, happy and successful lives that lead a positive legacy.
Ofsted 2025 said:
“Character development and values are at the heart of school life. Pupils understand and live by the values of excellence, integrity, kindness and self control. These values are evident in their approach to learning, their social interactions with others in this diverse school and their contributions as student leaders.”
Positive recognition:
We Praise and Recognise our students regularly through 3 key areas:
We praise and recognise students through a number of different ways:
“Staff promote positive behaviour and success through daily recognition of pupils who uphold the school’s values.”
Our PSHCE curriculum is a spiralled curriculum that promotes our community spirit and equips students with the knowledge and understanding to be a good citizen, preparing them for a competitive and rapidly changing world. The curriculum is delivered through literacy strategies to promote and develop fluent communicators, critical thinkers and to stimulate students' moral, social and cultural curiosity.
“The school provides a comprehensive personal development programme. The personal,social and health education curriculum includes all statutory content and builds on prior learning, helping pupils develop a strong understanding of topics such as democracy,healthy lifestyles and teamwork. Pupils can explain these ideas clearly and confidently,together with other key themes they learn about, like building healthy relationships and consent.”
At lift Aylward we offer our students a robust careers programme that is dedicated to empowering our students to make informed, ambitious and attainable decisions about their futures whether that is for future education, training or work placed pathways. Our careers curriculum is a whole school approach. Students have weekly careers lessons throught their personal development programme.
Gatsby Benchmarks:
We ensure we are meeting the framework of eight guidelines that define excellence in careers education.
“Impartial careers guidance is effective and highly valued. Pupils benefit from practical experiences, such as working with a building firm to redesign the school playground. This helps them make appropriate choices for the next stages of their education, training or work.”
