[1] It moved to its present site in 1809, but there has been a school for boys in Twyford since the seventeenth century.

[2] During the nineteenth century buildings were added, including a large schoolroom built during the 1820s, and a mid-Victorian chapel.

[3] A series of developments coincided with the admission of girls to the school, and have continued in recent years.

It accepts both day pupils and boarders, and has a pre-preparatory school on the same campus for children below the age of five.

In 1984, Donald Leinster-Mackay noted that "The Wickham family have provided headmasters for Twyford School since 1834.