Twyford Church of England High School A GSG School
- Twyford Church of England High School
Twyford Crescent
London
W3 9PP - Head: Dame Alice Hudson
- T 020 8752 0141
- F 020 8993 7627
- E [email protected]
- W twyford.ealing.sch.uk/
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Ealing
- Pupils: 1,500; sixth formers: 525
- Religion: Church of England
- Open days: Main School September, 6th Form November
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 2nd May 2012
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
You could hear a pin drop in assembly – not a single pupil was distracted or fidgety. Every pupil filed in past her, and each one was greeted warmly and reminded to stand up straight. Pupils assessed four times a year, so school keeps a beady eye on performance. For those slipping through the net, swift action is taken to identify the cause of the decline. ‘We quickly identify whether it is lack of effort, lack of support from home or poor behaviour,’ we are told. Parents consider the music department to be extraordinary. Currently over 20 ensembles, which have performed everywhere from BBC Songs of Praise...
What the school says...
Converted to an academy 2011.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Executive head teacher
Since 2002, Dame Alice Hudson MA (Oxon). Educated at Slough Girls’ High and Leighton Park, where she was the first ever head girl. Read English at St Hilda’s Oxford. Taught at Central Foundation Boys’ in Islington and Maria Fidelis, Camden. Deputy head at Brentside High School, Ealing before joining Twyford in 2000, where she was deputy and acting head before being appointed head. Made a dame in 2017 for services to education but, with typical modesty, at the time said she was ‘taking one for the team’. Married with four children, most of whom have been educated here. Committed Christian. Loves cooking and a keen cyclist. Dynamic and inspirational. A force of nature.
Associate head teacher since 2013 is Karen Barrie, previously deputy head. Degree in maths from Manchester...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
The school has expertise in dealing with students with dyslexia or specific learning difficulties. It has also successfully worked with students on the autism spectrum and those with physical difficulties. Students with EHC plans have an individual programme of support. Students with weakness in literacy and numeracy are given specific support at KS3 to catch up with peers by KS4.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment | Y |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
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most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
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