Twyford Church of England Academies Trust
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| Motto | "I have come that you should have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:10) |
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| Established | 2011 |
| Type | Academy Trust |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Executive Head Teacher | Dame Alice Hudson MA (Oxon) DBE |
| Associate Head Teacher | Ms Karen Barrie |
| Associate Head Teacher | Mr Keir Smith |
| Location |
Twyford Crescent London W3 9PP England 51°30′33″N 0°16′44″W / 51.5092°N 0.2788°WCoordinates: 51°30′33″N 0°16′44″W / 51.5092°N 0.2788°W |
| Students | 1450~ |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Blue |
| Website | www.twyfordacademies.org.uk/ |
Twyford Church of England Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust based in West London and affiliated to the London Diocesan Board for Schools. It currently consists of just two academies in the London Borough of Ealing - Twyford Church of England High School and William Perkin Church of England High School - though the Trust received permission in October 2014 to open a third academy provisionally named North Twyford C of E High School. The Trust, in partnership with the local authority, is the hub for and part of the Ealing Teaching School Alliance (ETSA), an alliance of local schools.
Twyford Church of England Academies Trust was set up in October 2011 in order to allow the Diocese to use the strengths built up at Twyford CofE High School to be developed beyond a single school. The aim of the Trust is to deliver outstanding educational standards in a secure Christian setting.
Twyford C of E High School was originally set up by the London Diocesan Board for schools in 1981 and is one of a family of 13 LDBS secondary schools within the city. The school opened as the result of a concerted campaign by local parents. It was rated by Osfted in its most recent inspection as ‘Outstanding’ overall and has a considerable reputation within the Diocese and the local area. The school has also grown in size during this time with a particular increase in post-16 students. There are now 944 students in years 7-11 and 511 in the 6th Form.
The Trust has opened a second school in September 2013, William Perkin Church of England High School, with its first cohort of 180 Year 7 students.
The Trust’s Christian ethos encourages students to have a strong sense of community – both in relation to the school and in the area of wider social concern. All sixth from students are encouraged to undertake some form of community service either within school or in the wider community. Effective recent examples have been involvement in a soup kitchen at a local church and running language clubs at a feeder primary school.
There is an active chaplaincy with a full-time chaplain who orchestrates the worship life of the school. All assemblies, though taken by a range of staff, are framed by a short Christian liturgy which is led by students. Similarly there are brief daily tutor-time reflections prepared by the chaplaincy for staff to utilise using form chaplaincy representatives.
Driving the Trust's ethos is the House system which exists in both Trust schools and works vertically - grouping the whole school into seven multi-age communities. This complements and contrasts with the pastoral system which works horizontally. The house system works predominantly on the principal of student leadership, giving students at all ages opportunities to hold roles of responsibility in Music, Sport, Enterprise or on year and school councils.
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