Testwood School
Academy converter secondary school in Southampton (Hampshire).
Location
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Nurturing our young people to become respectful, resilient and proud to take responsibility in our community.
Our values (through which we will bring the vision to reality): During the autumn term of 2023 the students on the School Council, the staff, volunteer parents and carers, and the trustees worked separately to identify the vision for Testwood (what we wanted our students to be like when they leave us).
This was then combined into a vision statement that reflected the visions of the different stakeholder groups. Once the vision statement was agreed upon the same groups worked separately on identifying the values that everyone at Testwood should demonstrate in their behaviours every day in order to make the vision a reality over time.
These were then combined to produce the three values, which are listed in priority order. Aligning the everyday experience of the Testwood community with this vision and these values is an ongoing and eternal process.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
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Key facts
- URN
- 137315
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Constituency
- New Forest East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (15 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.14 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Caroline Cates Confirmed same person | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2025 | |
| Mr Joshua Kenneth Stone Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Kevin Williams Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Maureen Penrose Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Aaron Marshall Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr John King Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Victoria Richman Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Dawn Bushrod Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Tim Webber Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2023 | |
| Mr Tim Webber Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Kevin Williams Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mrs Kelly Willoughby Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Kevin Williams Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by trustees | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Trina Sillence Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Dawn Bushrod Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2015 |
| Mrs Vanessa Ford Confirmed same person Former | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Hadleigh Garland Confirmed same person Former | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Nicholas Whitcher Confirmed same person Former | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 1 November 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record