Key Staff

Governors

The Trust is governed by a Board of Directors which is made up of Church of England representatives, the chairs of school governing bodies 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 Twyford Local 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 Mrs Magdalina Tromans.

Further information about the 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.

Mr Phil Bennett

Associate Headteacher

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.

Mrs Ann Kearey

Deputy Headteacher

Graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in French and Spanish in 1991. Taught English as Foreign Language in Spain and England before training as a teacher of MFL at Newcastle University in 1993. Following teaching posts at Dormers Wells, Grey Coat Hospital, and Head of MFL at Dormers Wells; she was appointed as Head of MFL at Twyford CofE High School in 2004. In 2009 she was appointed Assistant Headteacher at Twyford, before being appointed Deputy Headteacher in 2013.

Ms Debbie Light

Deputy Headteacher for Raising Attainment

Graduated from Royal Holloway with a BA honours degree in English in 2005 and went on to complete an MA in English Education at King’s College, London in 2011. She started her career at Drayton Manor before joining Elthorne as Assistant Headteacher in 2013. In 2017, she was appointed as Deputy Headteacher at Ark Acton and led Teaching and Learning, Staff Development, and Inclusion. In 2025, she took on the role of Trust Outreach Consultant to engage in school improvement work through the DfE’s RISE programme. Most recently, she was appointed in 2026 as Deputy Headteacher for Raising Attainment.

Mr Jamie MacDonald-Brown

Assistant Headteacher, Head of Inclusion

Graduated from Surrey University with a degree in Sports Science and Business Studies in 1991. Following a sabbatical year a Student Union Deputy President, he completed a Post Graduate course at Brunel University. Started teaching at Twyford in September 1993, where he became a Head of Year in 1997. Seeing four year groups through over an 18 period years as a Head of Year, he was appointed to Senior Pastoral Lead KS4 in 2015. He was then appointed to Assistant Headteacher- Head of Inclusion in 2018.

Miss Louise Adams

Assistant Headteacher - Wider Learning & Careers IAG

After graduating with a joint honours degree in Drama & Education studies at Bristol University in 2005, Louise then completed her teacher training in Drama through the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) in 2006. She was then appointed as a Drama teacher at a secondary school in North Bristol and was there for eight years with roles including Head of Drama, Y11 lead and Wider SLT. After completing the NPQSL, Louise relocated to London and was appointed as Head of Drama at Twyford in 2014. The following year, she was appointed to Head of Wider Learning and in 2018 became Assistant Headteacher for Wider Learning & Careers, and trust lead for Careers in 2020.

Mr Michael Arthur

Assistant Headteacher, Head of 6th Form

Graduated from Monash University with a major in Mathematics and Astrophysics in 2001 before completing a Diploma in Education in 2002. Taught in a state comprehensive school in Melbourne for 5 years before joining Twyford CofE High School in 2008 as a Mathematics teacher. He was appointed as Head of Maths in 2014 and Head of Sixth Form in 2017.

Miss Amarpal Bajwa

Assistant Headteacher, Head of Upper School

Graduated from Royal Holloway University of London in 2013 with a BA in Politics and International Relations and went on to complete an MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation from The London School of Economics and Political Science in 2014. Following a position in marketing, her first teaching post was at Alec Reed Academy. She joined Twyford as an Assistant Head of Year in 2017, becoming a Key Stage Four Head of Year later that academic year. This was a role she continued in for the next four years. Most recently, in September 2022, she was appointed as Assistant Headteacher, Head of Lower School.

Miss Emma Johnston

Assistant Headteacher, Head of Lower School

Graduated from UCL with a History degree in 2010 before training as a History teacher at Twyford CofE High School in 2017. She was appointed as Assistant Head of Year 8 in 2019 and was then appointed as Head of Year 7 the following year. Most recently, she was appointed Assistant Headteacher in 2023.

Mr Laurence Smith

Assistant Headteacher, Curriculum Organisation & Trust Subject Lead for Science

Graduated in 2003 from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Biological Sciences. He completed his teacher training at Bristol University in 2007. After completing this, he started at Twyford CE High School. His previous roles at Twyford have been Deputy Head of Year (2009), Head of Biology (2011), Head of Accelerated Sciences (2013), Head of Science (2015) and Trust Subject Lead in Science (2019). Most recently, he was appointed to Assistant Headteacher in 2022 and now focuses on Curriculum and Assessment at Twyford, whilst continuing his role as Trust Subject Lead in Science.

Miss Nicola Sale

Assistant Headteacher, Whole School Literacy

Graduated from Durham University with a joint degree in English Literature and History in 2007. Trained to teach through the Teach First program and her first school was Eastbury Comprehensive in Barking, East London. After two years teaching, she joined the Civil Service Fast Stream and worked in both Facilitating the export of livestock products and International Forest Policy before taking on a role in Mumbai, training teachers through the Teach For India Program. Returning to the UK in 2014, she was a founding teacher at Oasis Academy South Bank where she was Head of English for 3 years. She joined Twyford in 2020 as Head of English and wider SLT for Literacy.

Mr Michael Harley

Assistant Headteacher, Curriculum Organisation

Graduated in 2008 from the University of Sheffield with a degree in Software Engineering. He completed his teacher training at the University of Sheffield in 2011. After completing this, he started at Twyford CE High School. His previous roles at Twyford have been Deputy Head of Maths (2015), Head of Maths (2017), and Trust Subject Lead for Maths (2019). Most recently, he was appointed to Assistant Headteacher in 2022 and now focuses on Curriculum and Assessment at Twyford, whilst continuing in his role as Trust Subject Lead for Maths.

Lydia Holloway

Assistant Headteacher, SMSC and Pastoral Curriculum

Graduated in 2015 from Durham University with a degree in Theology. She then completed the TeachFirst programme at the UCL Academy in Swiss Cottage before joining Twyford as 2ic of Religious Education (RE) in September 2017. She later became Head of RE and Trust Lead of RE. In 2023 she joined Wider SLT supporting with whole school Literacy and Training. Most recently, she was appointed to Assistant Headteacher for SMSC and Pastoral Curriculum in 2025.

Other Key Staff

Administrative Staff

To contact a member of staff, please see Contact Us.

Trust Subject Leads

Trust Staff

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