Governors
The Twyford CofE Academies 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 Ealing Fields Governing Body is made up of local Church of England representatives, elected staff representatives, elected parent representatives, co-opted Governors, a Directors' representative and the Associate Head Teacher. Currently the Chair of the Local Governing Body is Rev Sarah Guinness.
Further information about the Local Governing Body can be found in Governance.
Senior Leadership Team
Dame Alice Hudson
CEO
Before becoming CEO, Alice had been Executive Headteacher of Twyford CofE Academies Trust since 2012. She was previously Headteacher at Twyford CofE High School since 2002. She joined Twyford in 2000 as Deputy Headteacher then progressed to Acting Headteacher. Prior to Twyford High School she was Deputy Headteacher 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.
Jo Trewin
Associate Headteacher
Ms Trewin joined Ealing Fields in September 2017 as Deputy Headteacher. Since 2020, she has been Co-Headteacher before taking up the role of Associate Head in June 2023. She qualified as an English Teacher in 2002 and was Head of 6th Form at a school in Hillingdon before joining the Twyford Trust as the first Head of the Ealing Teaching School Alliance in 2013.
Lucjan Santos
Deputy Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead
Mr Santos 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. From 2015 Mr Santos was Head of Year and played an important role in developing the School to the point where it was graded outstanding by Ofsted. 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. Outside of school Mr Santos helps to run a youth charity organisation by arranging Summer sports camps, dance classes and cultural youth activities within his local community.
Karl Woodham
Deputy Headteacher - Curriculum and Assessment organisation and delivery
Mr Woodham 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. Now Mr Woodham focuses his work on Curriculum and Assessment. 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.
Lucy Edwards
Assistant Headteacher - KS3
Ms Edwards graduated with a Physics and Astrophysics degree from UCL and then trained to be a science teacher in South Shields before moving to London to take up a role as Head of Year 7 in 2018. She is now an Assistant Headteacher in charge of Key Stage 3, including overseeing student transition from primary school, and PHSE and RSE provision. She is also a member of the safeguarding team.
James Salter
Assistant Headteacher - Head of Inclusion and SEN
Mr Salter graduated from Oxford with a History degree and trained as a History teacher at the Institute of Education in London. He was part of the launch team at William Perkin CofE High School, working there as a Humanities teacher and Inclusion Lead for five years. Mr Salter joined Ealing Fields in 2018 as the Head of Inclusion and has subsequently qualified to become the SENCO. His current role is Assistant Headteacher in charge of Inclusion and SEN, and he is a member of the safeguarding team.
Ed Clifton
Assistant Headteacher - SMSC and Literacy
Mr Clifton qualified as an English teacher in 2012 and started his career at Twyford where he spent four years as a Head of Year. He joined Ealing Fields in 2018 as Head of English and Whole School Literacy. During his time at Ealing Fields he has helped to develop the Trust’s Literacy Strategy and has now taken on the role of Assistant Headteacher for SMSC and Literacy.
Aman Kochhar
Assistant Headteacher - Staff Development
Mr Kochhar joined Ealing Fields in September 2018 to the Maths department. He graduated with a degree in Financial Mathematics and started his career at Uxbridge High School in Hillingdon, where he took on responsibility for the quality of teaching and learning across the Maths department. In 2019 he took on the leadership of the Mathematics department at Ealing Fields and is now Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for Teaching and Learning. He also leads the training of early careers teachers across Teach West London and is passionate about supporting and developing staff to ensure quality teaching in the classroom.
Other Key Staff
| Mrs S Gallagher | Head of Science & Exams coordinator |
| Mr L Moores | Head of Maths |
| Ms E Jayakrishna | Head of English |
| Mrs A Jones | Head of Languages |
| Mr R Coombes | Head of Humanities |
| Miss K Alyas | Head of RE |
| Mr M Tootell | Head of PE |
| Mr M Harrison | Head of Computing |
| Ms Z Tobias-Tyrrell | Head of Music |
| Miss R Pennells | Head of Art |
| Mrs N Awan | SEN & EAl Lead/Academic Mentor |
| Ms E Dunford-Jones | Head of Year 7 |
| Miss A James | Head of Year 8 |
| Mr J Cousins | Head of Year 9 |
| Mr B Finnegan | Head of Year 10 |
| Miss L Belfield | Head of Year 11 |
Administrative Staff |
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| Mr I Reidy | Site Manager |
| Mrs L Mitchell | Administration and Communications Manager |
| Mrs S Sandhu | Welfare Administrator |
To contact a member of staff, please Contact Us.
Trust Subject Leads
| Ms Coleen Conway | Trust Lead Art & Design |
| Ms Louise Adams | Trust Lead CIAG |
| Mr Nick Mayne | Trust Lead Computing |
| Mr James Clarke | Trust Lead Drama |
| Ms Harriet Wood | Trust Lead English |
| Ms Becky Catlin | Trust Lead for Literacy |
| Ms Marie Serhal | Trust Lead Geography |
| Ms Beth Lewis | Trust Lead History |
| Mr Michael Harley | Trust Lead Maths |
| Ms Kate O'Brien | Trust Lead MFL |
| Ms Laura Swadkin | Trust Lead Music |
| Mr Dave Sargent | Trust Lead PE |
| Ms Lydia Holloway | Trust Lead RE |
| Mr Laurence Smith | Trust Lead Science |
Trust Staff
| Revd David Brammer | Trust Chaplain |
| Mr Richard Lane | Trust Director of Finance and Operations |
| Mr Robert Massey | Trust Head of School Standards |
| Ms Karen Barrie | Trust Sixth Form Strategy Lead |
| Mr Matt Cowing | Trust Lead for Quality of Education |
| Ms Izabela Zalewska | Trust HR Manager |
| Mrs Felix McGonigal | Trust Head of Specialist Music College |
| Mrs Valerie Drake | Head Clerk to the Directors and Governing Bodies |
| Ms Maxine Lang | Trust Lead Welfare |
For details of Teach West London staff, please visit the Teach West London website.
