Twyford Church of England High School

I extend a warm welcome to you as Twyford CofE High School's Associate Headteacher. I am privileged to lead such an aspirational and prestigious school which believes in each child living ‘life in all its fullness’. Twyford’s deeply Christian foundations mean we believe that every child has extraordinary God-given potential and this motivates us to never settle for less than excellence for our students because they deserve the highest expectations.Twyford CofE High School is part of Twyford Church of England Academies Trust and our curriculum has been designed to support students of all abilities to be ambitious in their progression through school and on to future pathways. We offer an extensive extra-curricular programme which extends the school day and sustains breadth beyond taught courses and exam syllabuses. Teachers are very aware of the needs of students with SEND and care is taken to ensure access to the curriculum for these students. 7% of students in years 7-11 have Education, Health and Care plans and there is an additionally resourced provision specialising in the support of Speech and Language development and ASD students.Careful thought has been given to the design of the Curriculum, ensuring all students complete a full National Curriculum programme at KS3 and select a strong core of facilitating subjects as well as specialist courses at GCSE. The ambition of the school’s approach takes into account experience of progression pathways at post-16 where the school is very proud of achieving a 100% progression rate, with no students falling into the NEET category (Not in Education, Employment or Training) at post-16. This is thanks to a well-developed approach to Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance which closely aligns with the Pastoral Programme designed to deliver PSHE within the context of the strongly articulated Christian values of the school (see Ethos and Core Values tab).Twyford is a comprehensive school with a roll of just over 1600, including a Sixth Form of over 600 students. The sixth form offers a wide range of A-Levels giving the breadth of opportunity. In addition, as part of the Twyford CofE Academies Trust, students also have the option of progressing to more specialist courses at our partner schools. William Perkin offers exceptional Sports provision at A-Level whilst Ada Lovelace offers a technical T level curriculum, offering T Levels in Digital Software Development, Laboratory Science and Accounting. We are a partner school for Initial Teacher Training through Teach West London - the Trust's Teaching School Hub.Support with college applications, including some taster sessions, are arranged from Year 10 onwards for students wishing to study other specialist vocational or applied courses. The majority of students from the sixth form progress to university taking a wide range of routes including competitive courses such as Medicine and Engineering at Oxbridge and top Russell Group universities. We are equally proud of the students from our successful creative and technical post-16 offer (Music & Music Tech/Graphic Design/Art/Photography/Film) who go on to practical courses and training places in the creative industries.Throughout the school Twyford has an exceptional emphasis on community service and supporting each other through engagement with a wide-ranging extra-curricular programme. Twyford’s Music specialism provides a wealth of opportunities for students to participate at all levels in musical choirs and ensembles. Our Sports programmes include competitive house competitions as well as borough and national teams. Meanwhile other societies across the school range from everything from bee-keeping to chess club, Engineering Society to Twyford Christian Fellowship group. Each student is encouraged to participate and serve in the area which suits their gifts best. Finally, there is also a very strong student leadership team from Years 7-13, led by the Sixth Form, who energise the student body and each year renew and add to Twyford’s unique heritage and identity.I hope this broad welcome gives you a sense of how ambitious Twyford is for our students; for their spiritual, moral and cultural development, as well as their academic performance, because this is what ‘life in all its fullness’ means to us.Mr Phil BennettAssociate Headteacher

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