The staff community is a diverse one made up of over 250 teaching staff and over 140 non-teaching. All staff are required to support the Christian ethos of the school – however their own backgrounds are wide ranging.
Key staff
Dame Alice Hudson
CEO
Dame Alice is a member of the Trust Board of Directors and works closely with the other Directors to provide strategic leadership for the organisation. After graduating with an English degree from Oxford University, Alice took up a career in teaching English and Religious Education. Before becoming CEO, she was Executive Headteacher of the Trust and also Headteacher of Twyford Cof E High School for 11 years.
Keir Smith
Headteacher - Ada Lovelace
Keir is Headteacher of Ada Lovelace CofE High School. He graduated as a Geography teacher from the Institute of Education in 1995. First teaching post was at Cardinal Wiseman and was appointed as an Assistant Headteacher at Twyford High School in 2000. He was Deputy Head at Twyford from 2003 and then appointed Associate Headteacher at William Perkin CofE High School in 2013, before taking up the role of Headteacher for Ada Lovelace CofE High School in September 2019.
Amy Newman
Headteacher - William Perkin
Amy is Associate Headteacher of William Perkin CofE High School. Amy graduated from the University of Bath with a degree in French, Russian and European Studies in 2004 before training as an MFL teacher, also at the University of Bath. She was appointed as a French teacher at St Thomas More Language College in Chelsea in 2006 and then Head of the MFL Department at Sacred Heart School in Camberwell in 2006. She joined William Perkin CofE High School as its first Head of Year 7 in 2013 before being appointed to Assistant Headteacher in 2017, Deputy Headteacher in 2018, Associate Headteacher in September 2019 and then Headteacher in June 2025.
Phil Bennett
Associate Headteacher - Twyford
Before becoming Associate Headteacher at Twyford CofE High School, Phil was the Co-Headteacher and previously the Senior Deputy Headteacher in charge of Pupil Progress and Pastoral from 2013-2023. Prior to this, Phil was Key Stage 4 Assistant Headteacher from 2009 and was Head of Year for four years at Twyford CofE High School from 2005-2009. Prior to Twyford High school, his first teaching post was at St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School in Wakefield as a Music teacher, and was later appointed as Head of Year 12 and Head of Year 13. Phil graduated from the University of Huddersfield with a Music degree in 1999.
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Lucjan Santos
Acting Associate Co-Headteacher - Ealing Fields
Lucjan is Acting Associate Co-Headteacher of Ealing Fields CofE High School. Lucjan joined the school in September 2017 as Head of Lower School, overseeing pastoral and behaviour systems. He qualified as a teacher in 2012 and joined the Twyford Trust as a Science teacher at William Perkin School in 2014. His passion at Ealing Fields extends beyond teaching Science to also instilling brilliant learning habits in all the students so that they can be successful in whatever they pursue beyond school.
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Karl Woodham
Acting Associate Co-Headteacher - Ealing Fields
Karl is Acting Associate Co-Headteacher of Ealing Fields CofE High School. Karl joined Ealing Fields in September 2016 as Head of Mathematics. During his time at Ealing Fields he has taken on whole-school responsibilities for overseeing Curriculum and Assessment systems. He has been an Assistant Headteacher with Pastoral care responsibilities at both KS3 and KS4. He is passionate about ensuring our students achieve well academically but also sample our wide ranging extra-curricular offer, to broaden their horizons and flourish as individuals within our Ealing Fields Community.
Richard Lane
Director of Finance & Operations
Richard is responsible for the central Trust functions of Finance, HR, ICT, Estates, Administration and Information. He is a qualified CIPFA accountant and has previously held senior finance positions in an FE college, a housing association and the NHS.
Karen Barrie
Sixth Form Strategy Lead
Karen is the Trust’s 6th Form strategy Lead, working with the Executive team, overseeing the Sixth form admissions process and the provision in each of the Sixth forms. Karen graduated from Manchester University with a degree in mathematics. She started her teaching at Burlington Danes in 1985, moving to Twyford in 1988. During her teaching career she has been Head of maths, Head of Sixth form and Deputy Head teacher, before being the Associate Headteacher at Twyford from 2012 to 2023.
Robert Massey
Head of School Standards
Robert is Head of School Standards, working with the Executive Team to ensure high standards are achieved and maintained across the Trust. He has worked for the Trust for over 20 years, initially as a Mathematics teacher before becoming Deputy Headteacher at Twyford with a particular interest in curriculum and assessment. Robert manages the Trust Data Team and takes a lead in the ways the Trust monitors its performance. Robert is a graduate of Magdalene College, Cambridge where he studied Mathematics and Computing and has also completed a MA in Mathematics Education at Kings College London.
Revd David Brammer
Trust Chaplain
The Revd David Brammer was licenced as Twyford CofE Academies Trust Chaplain in October 2017. Father David is well known to the Trust, having previously held the post of part-time Chaplain at Twyford CofE High School from 2002-2009. From 2014-17 Father David worked for the Hertfordshire Young Homeless charity, with particular responsibility for teenagers and young adults.
Trust Subject Leads
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Ms Colleen Conway |
Trust Lead Art & Design |
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Mr Nick Mayne |
Trust Lead Computing |
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Ms Harriet Wood |
Trust Lead English |
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Ms Marie-Anne Serhal |
Trust Lead Geography |
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Ms Beth Lewis |
Trust Lead History |
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Mr Michael Harley |
Trust Lead Maths |
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Ms Laura Swadkin |
Trust Lead Music |
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Mr Dave Sargent |
Trust Lead Sport |
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Ms Lydia Holloway |
Trust Lead RE |
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Mr Laurence Smith |
Trust Lead Science |
Trust Staff
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Mr Robert Massey |
Trust Head of School Standards |
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Mr Matt Cowing |
Trust Lead on Quality of Education |
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Ms Izabela Zalewska |
Trust HR Manager |
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Mrs Felix McGonigal |
Trust Head of Specialist Music College |
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Ms Maxine Lang |
Trust Lead Welfare |
