Key Staff
Governors
The Twyford Trust is governed by a Board of Directors which is made up of Church of England representatives, the chairs of school governing bodies, elected staff representatives, elected parent representatives 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 William Perkin Governing Body is made up of local Church of England representatives, co-opted Governors, a Directors representative and the Executive and Associate Head Teachers as well as elected staff and parent representatives. The Chair of the Local Governing Body is Ms Hilary Belden (see below).
Further information can be found in the Governance page.
Back to the topSafeguarding Team
Designated Safeguarding Lead - Miss Emily Waspe
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and Mental Health Lead - Miss Ra'eesa Dar
To see the details of the Safeguarding Team for 2021/22, please click here.
A link to the Child Protection Policy can be found on our Policies Page.
Back to the topDame Alice Hudson
Executive Head Teacher, The Twyford CofE Academies Trust.
Executive Head Teacher of Twyford CofE Academies Trust since 2012, having previously been Head Teacher at Twyford CofE High School since 2002. She joined Twyford in 2000 as Deputy Head Teacher then progressed to Acting Head Teacher.
Prior to Twyford High School she was Deputy Head Teacher 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.
Keir Smith
Head Teacher, Ada Lovelace & William Perkin CofE High Schools.
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 Head Teacher at Twyford High School in 2000. He was Deputy Head at Twyford from 2003 and was awarded the NPQH Qualification in 2008, which led to his appointment as Associate Head Teacher at William Perkin CofE High School in 2013. He is now Head Teacher for Ada Lovelace and William Perkin CofE High Schools.
Amy Newman
Associate Head Teacher, William Perkin CofE High School.
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 Head Teacher in 2017, Deputy Head Teacher in 2018 and the Associate Head Teacher in September 2019.
Sam Barnsley
Deputy Head Teacher / Director of Sixth Form, William Perkin CofE High School.
After graduating from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne with a degree in English Language and Linguistics in 2007, he trained in Manchester, working at The Kingsway School, Stockport, and Harrop Fold, Salford, respectively. He moved to London in 2013 to join the launch team at William Perkin CofE High School as the Head of English. In 2017 he was made Assistant Head Teacher with responsibility for Key Stage 5 and then Deputy Head Teacher in 2018.
Emily Waspe
Deputy Head Teacher / Designated Safeguarding Lead, William Perkin CofE High School.
Graduated from The University of Manchester in 2009 with a degree in Geography before training as a Geography teacher at Manchester Metropolitan University. In 2010 she moved to Milton Keynes where she taught Geography and became Head of House at Walton High before moving to London in 2014 to become the Head of Year of the pioneer year group at William Perkin High School. In 2018 she became Assistant Head Teacher with responsibility for KS4 and Designated Safeguarding Lead and in 2019 a Deputy Head Teacher.
Camilla Denby
Deputy Head Teacher / Head of Teaching & Learning, William Perkin CofE High School.
After graduating in 2008 from the University of Nottingham with a Biology degree, she trained in South West London, working at Salesian College, Battersea and Wimbledon College, Wimbledon respectively. She moved to Ealing in 2010, joining the staff at Greenford High School, where she worked as Head of KS3 Science for five years. In 2015 she joined William Perkin CofE High School as the second in charge of Science. Following appointment to the wider Senior Leadership Team in 2018, she was made Assistant Head Teacher with responsibility for Teaching and Learning, and then subsequently Deputy Head in 2021.
Back to the topOther Key Staff
Assistant Head Teacher / Head of SMSC & Wider Learning - Miss Stephanie Alvis
Assistant Head Teacher / Head Key Stage 3 - Mrs Stacie Long
Assistant Head Teacher / Head Key Stage 4 - Miss Adele Barward-Symmons
Assistant Head Teacher / Head Key Stage 5 - Mr Amar Sangha
Wider SLT / School SENCO - Mrs Josie Fuchs
Wider SLT / Leadership of English - Miss Harriet Wood
Wider SLT / Head of Languages & KS3 Curriculum Management - Mrs Emily Lewis
Wider SLT / Head of Inclusion & Intervention - Miss Ra'eesa Dar
Wider SLT / Pastoral & Learning Behaviour Training Coordinator - Ms Cat Smith
Wider SLT / Curriculum Training and Development - Miss Beth Gandy
Head of Year 7 - Ms Mikayla Lubcker
Head of Year 8 - Miss Catherine Lovell
Head of Year 9 - Miss Fiona Boyefio
Head of Year 10 - Mr Joseph Chugg
Head of Year 11 - Mr Ben Jennings
Head of Year 12 - Mrs Victoria Smart
Head of Year 13 - Miss Emma Lauder
Head of Maths - Mr Vishal Bhardwaj
Head of English - Miss Harriet Wood
Head of Science - Mr Kevin Alderton
Head of History - Ms Beth Gandy
Head of Geography - Ms Laura Neilson
Head of RE - Mr Ian Cuthbertson
Head of PE - Mr Ethan Drury
Head of Boys PE - Mr Matthew Barclay
Head of Girls PE - Miss Chantal Hamilton
Head of Art - Miss Lynsey Storer
Head of Textiles - Mrs Hannah Ellis
Head of Computing - Mr Ian Bissix
Head of Music - Mrs Louise Solanki
Head of Psychology - Ms Keya Chakraborty
Head of Business Studies - Mrs Victoria Smart
Subject Leader of Economics - Mr Michael Caufield
Subject Leader of Drama - Miss Natalie Cryer
Trust Chaplain - Revd David Brammer
Trust Head of Data & Assessment - Mr Robert Massey
Trust Director of Finance and Operations - Mr Richard Lane
Trust HR Manager - Ms Saskia Soni
Trust Head of Specialist Music College - Mrs Felix McGonigal
Trust Head of Specialist Language College - Miss Sharon Moody
Back to the topAdministrative Staff
Head Clerk to the Directors and Governing Bodies - Mrs Valerie Drake
Executive Assistant to Dame Alice Hudson - Ms Claudine Mann
Facilities Manager - Mr Jim Morris
Administration Manager - Mrs L Hubbard
Office Manager- Ms B Campbell
To contact a member of staff please see our Contact Us page.