Type Foundation school Chair of governors Sue Platt DfE URN 121164 Tables | Head Teacher Duncan Spalding DfE number 926/4046 Phone +44 1263 733270 | |
Location Sir Williams Lane, Aylsham
Norwich
Norfolk
NR11 6AN
England Address Sir Williams Lane, Aylsham NR11 6AN, United Kingdom Hours Closing soon · 5–8PMFriday5–8PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesday6–8PMThursdayClosed Colors White, Navy Blue, Royal blue Profiles | ||
Aylsham High School is a secondary school in the market town of Aylsham north of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk. It has around 1,000 pupils ranging in age from 11 to 16. Duncan Spalding is the head teacher. The school catchment area includes the town of Aylsham and surrounding villages, including Aldborough, Buxton, Colby, Erpingham and Marsham.
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In May 2011 the school was judged to be overall "outstanding" by Ofsted, the English school inspections service. As of its most recent Ofsted report, the school has received a rating of "good".
Aylsham high school staff arm wrestling competition
Friendly Faces
Friendly Faces is a peer support group run by year 10 and 11 pupils. Day to day they offer drop in sessions for other pupils to discuss problems and patrol the playground wearing orange hi-vis jackets. In addition to this the team visit local primary schools in the summer term to prepare year 6 pupils for high school, run training and selection days for new friendly faces and promote anti-bullying throughout the school. In 2012 they hosted an Anti-Bullying conference for the Norfolk Region on behalf of the Diana award Anti-Bullying Ambassadors Programme with Alex Holmes. In 2013 they were invited to London to Facebook HQ for a showcase of best practice in school of antibullying work.
The project, first introduced in 2001, has 20 senior Friendly Faces in year 11 who support a team of 40 year 10 friendly faces at the school. Originally the programme aimed to support pupils who felt they were victims of bullying. The project was later broadened to support any and all issues pupils may face.