Twyford Church of England High School

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Twyford CofE High School
The Twyford Crest
Motto: "I have come that you may have life, and have it to the full"
Established:
Type: Co-educational Church of England Voluntary Aided
Students: 1240
Location: Twyford Crescent,
London, W3 9PP
Headmistress: Ms Alice Hudson MA (Oxon)
Website: http://www.twyford.ealing.sch.uk

Twyford CofE High School is a co-educational Church of England high school located in Acton, West London. It consists of 1240 pupils aged 11-18 (with 284 students in the Sixth Form) and prides itself on its "academic, social, spiritual, sporting, dramatic and musical" achievement [1].

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[edit] Overview

Twyford's 'The Elms'
Twyford's 'The Elms'



[edit] School Elements

[edit] Faith and Ethos

Christian values are at the heart of Twyford's ethos. The spiritual development of its students is viewed as important as their intellectual and extra curricular advancement; there is a dedicated chaplaincy team present, a student fellowship group ('TFG' – Twyford Fellowship Group), and a popular (yet optional) weekly communion. The majority of pupils come from a wide variety of Christian denominations, though students from other faiths "whose parents are in sympathy with its [the school's] aims and Code of Conduct" are welcomed, accounting for a fifth of the school's population [2].

[edit] Twyford Fellowship

Twyford Fellowship is the schools spiritual Christian fellowship. The fellowship holds six meetings a week, this includes: Worship on Mondays, Years 7 and 8 bible study on Tuesday, the same for years nine and ten on Wednesday, the upper school focus on Thursday as well as an evening meeting for the upper school as well as ex students and on Friday a visiting speaker for all to listen too.

Twyford fellowship also holds three annual weekends away for spiritual growth and evangelism, one is for the lower school, one for the upper and one for ex-students.

For more information on Twyford fellowship, please visit [www.tfg.org.uk]


[edit] Academic

With results well above the national and LEA average [3], Twyford is a school with a strong academic record. It ranks 2nd out of 10 and 5th out of 17 for A-level and GCSE results respectively in the LEA (of both selective and non-selective schools) [4]. The 2007 school OFSTED report labels it "an outstanding school" [5].

[edit] Sporting

Rugby, football, netball, and hockey are the most popular sports at Twyford, though opportunities for students to divulge in trampolining, table tennis, and basketball are available through many different lunchtime and after school clubs. A wide variety of sports including self-defence and gymnastics are mandatory during progression through the school. Cricket is also particularly popular amongst students in the summer term. The school has an affiliation with the London Wasps whose training grounds it uses: it provides schooling for Wasps Apprentices, helping make the rugby team one of the country's most formidable; it reached the final rounds of the National Schools Sevens Festival Tournament 2007 [6].

[edit] Music

As a specialist music college, music is a highly valued curricular and extra curricular activity within the school. Annual classical and popular music competitions are held in which a wide section of talent is displayed and enjoyed.

[edit] Societies and Clubs

Societies and clubs of varying subject can be found meeting weekly at the school including a debating society (taking part in the annual debating competition), chess club (particularly with the lower school), and art club.

[edit] Houses

[edit] House system

Each pupil is a member of one of the seven school houses at Twyford. Houses provide lower school students with a sense of community and encourage competition to strive for achievement. It is in effect for upper school students as well but they generally disregard the cathedral names and stick to the more commonly used letter name of the housesT,W,Y,F,R,D,C. House representatives meet at a council to represent the views of students in each house and year.

[edit] Points

Points are awarded by teachers to pupils for good behaviour, work, and through the winning of inter-house competitions. 'Negatives' can also be given to pupils for lacking behaviour, presentation, and work, with the effect of deducting points from the grand total. The house that has won the most points at the end of the Easter term is awarded the inter-house trophy.

[edit] The Houses

Houses are named after famous cathedrals or abbeys in England and each is associated with a colour.

Name Colour Named After
GRITSET Red Truro Cathedral
Wells Orange Wells Cathedral
York Yellow York Minster
Fountains Green Fountains Abbey
MDP-Murder Dem Pussies Blue Ripon Cathedral
PURPLE HAYES Indigo Durham Cathedral
Canterbury Violet Canterbury Cathedral

The initial of each house joins to create the full name of the school (TWYFORD CE HIGH SCHOOL), with 'O' being excluded for historical reasons (it was felt that a tutor group written as eg 5O could be confused with "fifty' or even "so".)

[edit] Uniform

Uniform consists of the following mandatory items:

  • Black blazer (with school crest)
  • Black trousers or black skirt
  • White shirt or blouse
  • Lower school tie (ages 11-14) or upper school tie (ages 14-16)
  • Black shoes

On particularly hot days the head teacher may issue a notice that ties and blazers may be removed.

The following optional items may also be worn:

  • V-neck jumper (black/royal blue)
  • Cardigan (black/royal blue)

No uniform is worn by members of the Sixth Form.

Sports kit consists of:

  • White polo shirt
  • White shorts (boys)
  • Blue kilt skirt (girls)
  • Royal blue school sweatshirt (optional)
  • Dunlop green flash trainers

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