I am extremely proud to be the Principal of Springwest Academy, a vibrant, mixed comprehensive school serving the local community of Feltham. Having been in post since September 2020 it has been a pleasure to witness how Springwest has developed and improved. My personal priorities; a culture of kindness, strong academic outcomes and excellent behaviour have inspired positive changes in both our GCSE results and our school culture. We are now a School of Character with a strong sense of belonging, where students and staff flourish. We pride ourselves on providing an ambitious, rigorous, knowledge-rich curriculum and introduce students to challenging and thought-provoking content from the start of Year 7. In addition to knowledge, we see understanding and memory to be at the heart of learning and therefore students are given opportunities for extended writing, discussions and retrieval practice within all of their subjects. At Springwest we have also developed Prep sessions which allow students to start the day in a purposeful manner by either reading, using their knowledge organisers or attending a co-curricular PE session.