Twyford Church of England High School

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

Overview

School Elements

Faith and Ethos

Christian values are at the heart of Twyford's ethos. In particular (for instance), our discipline procedures are redemptive and each new term students start with a clean slate.

Twyford Chaplaincy

The Chaplaincy looks after not just the regular services of the school, but also provides a caring support for families and staff. Twyford Fellowship Group exists to build faith and nurture young Christians within the school.

Academic

With results well above the national and LEA average , 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) The 2007 school OFSTED report labels it "an outstanding school"

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

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.

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.

Houses

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.The houses are named after cathedrals and Abbeys: Truro, Wells, York, Fountains, Ripon, Durham and Canterbury (see more below). House representatives meet at a council to represent the views of students in each house and year.

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.

The Houses

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

	Name	Colour	Named After
	Truro	Red	Truro Cathedral
	Wells	Orange	Wells Cathedral
	York	Yellow	York Minster
	Fountains	Green	Fountains Abbey
	Ripon	Blue	Ripon Cathedral
	Durham	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").

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

External links

• Twyford CofE High School website