Twyford Church of England High School

Eddie Rowe attended Twyford Sixth Form from 2015 to 2017 before completing an art foundation course and studying Fine Art at university. “After university, I worked in various jobs, including as a teaching assistant in a local primary school. I loved that experience and enjoyed connecting with the children. This experience made me seriously consider a career in teaching, and for a while, I was torn between Primary and Secondary education. I’m glad I chose Secondary, as it allows me to use my art specialism. I first heard about Teach West London through a family friend who teaches at one of the Trust schools. Knowing the high level of professionalism and teaching quality I experienced as a student in the Trust, I assumed the teacher training would be just as rigorous and carefully structured as the lessons I once received. After researching the program and attending induction days in the summer, I quickly saw that my assumption was correct! The support and structure provided by Teach West London have been fantastic.

Mae Templar attended William Perkin from 2014-2021 before studying neuroscience at UCL. “I chose to return to the Trust to train to teach because I felt I’d had really good examples of what makes a good teacher and I thought, if I could become a biology teacher half as good as the teachers I had, I’d be happy, A big highlight of my training year so far was meeting my year 7 class particularly because I can remember how daunting it was to start secondary school. I feel we’re learning together, they’re learning how to settle into William Perkin and I’m learning how to forge my identity as a teacher in the school that I used to go to. If I were to give some advice to other alumni thinking about training to teach it would be to choose Teach West London - you’ll be in safe hands. The support they provide for trainee teachers in the Trust is great and as they’re all connected you get four different tiers of support from the different schools. All of the trainees are good friends as well, the community is a real thing and you meet some great people.”