Governors
The Trust is governed by a Board of Directors which is made up of Church of England representatives, the chairs of school governing bodies and the Executive Head Teacher. The Directors appoint people who are locally based to serve on the Local Governing Body for each School in the Trust. The Twyford Local Governing Body is made up of local Church of England representatives, elected staff representatives, elected parent representatives, co-opted Governors, a Directors representative and the Associate Head Teacher. Currently the Chair of the Local Governing Body is Mrs Louise Gibb, an Ealing Deanery Foundation Governor.
Further information about the the Local Governing Body can be found in Governance.
Senior Leadership Team
Dame Alice Hudson
Executive Headteacher
Executive Headteacher of Twyford CofE Academies Trust since 2012, having previously been Headteacher at Twyford CofE High School since 2002. She joined Twyford in 2000 as Deputy Headteacher then progressed to Acting Headteacher. Prior to Twyford High School she was Deputy Headteacher at Brentside High School, and previous to that she taught at Central Foundation Boys’ School in Islington and Maria Fidelis School in Euston. Alice was educated at Slough Girls’ High School, Leighton Park School and St Hilda’s Oxford where she read English.
Karen Barrie
Associate Headteacher
Graduated from Manchester University with a degree in mathematics in 1984. She completed her teacher training at Chelsea College (now Kings) in 1985. Her first teaching post was at Burlington Danes school until she moved to Twyford in 1988 as second in charge of the mathematics department. Her previous roles at Twyford have been Head of mathematics (8 years) , Head of Sixth form (4 years) and Deputy head responsible for staff systems ( 7 years). Most recently, she was appointed to role of Associate Headteacher in 2012.
Phil Bennett
Senior Deputy Headteacher
Graduated from Huddersfield University with a Music degree in 1999 before training as a Music teacher. His first teaching post was at St Wildrid’s Catholic High School in Wakefield as a Music Teacher and was later appointed as Head of Year 12 and Head of Year 13. He was appointed as Head of Year 8 at Twyford CofE High School in 2005, then progressed to Assistant Headteacher in 2008 and most recently as Deputy Head teacher in charge of Pupil Progress and Pastoral in 2013.
Ann Kearey
Deputy Headteacher
Graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in French and Spanish in 1991. Taught English as Foreign Language in Spain and England before training as a teacher of MFL at Newcastle University in 1993. Following teaching posts at Dormers Wells, Grey Coat Hospital, and Head of MFL at Dormers Wells; she was appointed as Head of MFL at Twyford CofE High School in 2004. In 2009 she was appointed Assistant Headteacher at Twyford, before being appointed Deputy Headteacher in 2013.
Robert Massey
Deputy Headteacher
Graduated in 2002 from Magdalene College, Cambridge having studied Mathematics and Computer Science. He then went on to teacher training at Oriel College, Oxford. After completing this, he started work as a Mathematics teacher at Twyford CE High School. In 2009 he was appointed as Head of Mathematics. Robert began supporting the development of the Twyford Academies Trust assessment systems in 2013, and was appointed as Assistant Headteacher in 2014 with a particular focus on assessment. In 2015, he graduated from King’s College London with an MA in Mathematics Education. In 2018 he was appointed as a Deputy Headteacher at Twyford CE High School, focussing on Curriculum and Assessment. Robert also manages the Assessment and Data operations across all of the schools in the Twyford Academies Trust.
Other Key Staff
| Miss Amarpal Bajwa | Assistant Headteacher, Head of Lower School |
| Mr Leondre Douglas | Assistant Headteacher, Head of Upper School |
| Mr Michael Arthur | Assistant Headteacher, Head of 6th Form |
| Mr Jamie MacDonald-Brown | Assistant Headteacher, Head of Inclusion |
| Ms Sharon Moody | Assistant Headteacher, Head of Teaching School |
| Miss Louise Adams | Assistant Headteacher, Head of Wider Learning & Careers |
| Mrs Felix McGonigal | Assistant Headteacher, Head of Specialist Music College |
| Mr Michael Harley | Assistant Headteacher, Specialist Lead 14-19 Maths |
| Mr Laurence Smith | Assistant Headteacher, Specialist Lead 14-19 Science |
| Miss Nicola Sale | Head of English & Whole School Literacy |
| Miss Amy Simpson | Student Leadership Coordinator & Head of Biology |
| Ms Laura Swadkin | Trust Director of Music |
| Mrs Faith Futtit | Head of Year 13 |
| Mr Daniel El-Eman | Head of Year 12 |
| Ms Georgina Ighorae | Head of Year 11 |
| Mr John Flynn | Head of Year 10 |
| Mr Rory Hird | Head of Year 9 |
| Miss Maeve McKendry | Head of Year 8 |
| Miss Emma Johnston | Head of Year 7 |
| Mr Joseph Harris | Head of Maths |
| Miss Kate O'Brien | Head of Languages |
| Mr Luke Jones | Head of Science |
| Mr William Hepburn | Head of Chemistry |
| Mr Alastair Ross | Head of Physics |
| Miss Marie-Anne Serhal | Head of Geography |
| Miss Bethan Lewis | Head of History |
| Miss Lydia Holloway | Head of RE |
| Mr Jamie MacDonald | Head of PE |
| Mrs Adele Roberts | Head of Business Studies |
| Mr Paul Roberts | Head of Politics |
| Ms Holly Mitchell | Head of Psychology |
| Ms Alice Glossop | Head of Sociology |
| Ms Vanessa Mathew | Head of Economics |
| Mrs Nicola Boden | Head of Art, Design & Media |
| Mr Declan McCloskey | SENCO |
Administrative Staff
| Mr Greg Monkiewicz | Facilities Manager |
| Mrs Courtney John | Administration & Communications Manager |
| Miss Emma O'Leary | Office Manager |
| Ms Michelle Hart | Welfare Officer & School Administrator - Pastoral Team Support |
| Miss Taleigha McKeough | School Administrator - Pastoral Team Support |
| Mr Kei Nakajima | School Administrator - Pastoral Team Support |
| Miss Ros Dean | School Administrator - Curriculum Team Support |
| Mrs Margaret McFadyen | Admissions Officer |
| Ms Anthea Fontaine-Barrett | CIAG & Progression Co-Ordinator |
| Miss Izzy McGonigal | Music College Co-Ordinator |
| Mr Joel Holmes | Sixth Form Study Supervisor & Tutor Teacher of 12Y2 |
Trust Subject Leads
| Ms Sharon Moody | Trust Lead MFL / Director of Teach West London |
| Ms Nicola Boden | Trust Lead Art & Design |
| Ms Louise Adams | Trust Lead CIAG |
| Ms Sarah Manji | Trust Lead Computing |
| Ms Harriet Wood | Trust Lead English |
| Ms Marie-Anne Serhal | Trust Lead Geography |
| Ms Beth Gandy | Trust Lead History |
| Mr Michael Harley | Trust Lead Maths |
| Ms Laura Swadkin | Trust Lead Music |
| Mr Dave Sargent | Trust Lead PE |
| Ms Lydia Holloway | Trust Lead RE |
| Mr Laurence Smith | Trust Lead Science |
Trust Staff
| Revd David Brammer | Trust Chaplain |
| Mr Robert Massey | Trust Head of Data & Assessment |
| Mr Richard Lane | Trust Director of Finance and Operations |
| Ms Isabela Zalewska | Trust HR Manager |
| Mrs Felix McGonigal | Trust Head of Specialist Music College |
| Mrs Valerie Drake | Head Clerk to the Directors and Governing Bodies |
| Ms Mina Vuoto | Exec Planning and Reporting Lead |
| Ms Maxine Lang | Trust Welfare Lead |
To contact a member of staff, please see Contact Us.
