Originally known as Silver Street School before moving to a new building in Wilbury Way in 1967.

[1] Principals (Past to Present) Present: Joseph Lawlor Dele Rotimi Remo Iafrate (Executive Principal - Nightingale Academy) Johnathan Gillard in 2021 Aylward was inspected by Ofsted under the new framework and was found to be good in all areas.

The academy has a long established accredited partnership with Middlesex University.

[citation needed] It also has accreditation for Partnership in Action which recognizes the broad range of Work Related Learning activities in which the school has participated.

[2] In its November 2012 Ofsted inspection, Aylward was judged to be good in every category.