St Mary’s School has strong links with St Mary’s Church in Twickenham. Father Jeff regularly visits school for Collective Worships and celebrations and the children, staff and wider school c0mmunity visit and use the church throughout the year.

St Mary’s Church

Father Jeff  Vicar at St Mary’s Church, Twickenham

Father Jeff Hopkin Williams started life in Llanelli, Wales, where he attended a primary school very similar to St Mary’s. Father Jeff attended Chichester Theological College, which was affilliated to Southampton University, and completed a Theology degree. On completion of his studies, Father Jeff took up his first official post within the Church as Assistant Curate in Eastbourne. He progressed to the role of Rector at Upper St Leonards near Hastings where he was Chaplain to a hospice for eight years. The parish of St Mary’s, Twickenham, welcomed Jeff as our Vicar in March 2002.

Father Jeff is a vibrant and welcoming figure in the life of the children at school, seeing each child as an individual. Through regular collective worships in school, and opening the Church doors to the parents, friends and families of our children, Father Jeff has become an integral part of our small community, and enriched it for all.

Father Jeff also works with other Trustees at St Mary’s to secure a solid financial foundation for our school to carry on growing and thriving into the future. During his spare time, he enjoys writing short stories, collecting art, listening to Jazz music and wlaking his dogs around Twickenham and the Sussex countryside.

In 2023, Father Jeff had a book published called ‘The Anatomy of Shadows’ where he details how the area came through Covid-19. The book examines ‘how to create a sense of community, when that community is not allowed to meet’.

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