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About

Founded in 1957, Little Ilford School is a successful mixed multicultural 11-16 secondary school with 12 forms of entry situated in the London Borough of Newham. We are a high achieving school and proud of our diverse and celebratory institution that enjoys an excellent reputation and strives to be an outward facing school working closely with our community.

We are culturally rich with an ethos based around praise, support and caring for each other. We have very high aspirations for the students whatever their personal or social challenges; we systematically remove all barriers to learning to ensure that all of our students can fulfil their potential and leave us as fully active citizens of the Manor Park community.

Most of our students begin at LIS well below national standards but achieve in line with, or exceed, national standards when they leave in Year 11; our students achieve well above national rates of progression. We expect all of our students to excel.

We intend to ensure that our students achieve even higher rates of progress and outcomes through high quality learning and teaching and a curriculum that provides opportunities for all students to excel.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

12 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Athletics
  • Basketball
  • Book Club
  • Choir
  • Cricket
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Football
  • Karate
  • Rounders
  • Table Tennis
  • Tennis

Awards

2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
  • Stonewall School ChampionLGBT+ inclusion

Key facts

URN
102776
Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
Newham
Constituency
East Ham
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Governing body (13 current, 7 former)

Maintained school governing body.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Simon Mares FormerChair of GovernorsAppointed by GB/boardsince 2014 · term ended 2026

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Headteacher Jenny EvansGovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2026 · until 2026 ends 2026
Ms Hema GeraGovernorElected by school staffsince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Kukila BegumGovernorElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Brendalin GabbidonGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Naseer MohamedGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Ms Marva RollinsGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Rashmi MakwanaGovernorParent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidatessince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Ms Aliza ShaikhGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026
Mr Sukhminder ChawlaGovernorElected by school staffsince 2021 · until 2029
Mrs Rahima BegumGovernorElected by parentssince 2021 · until 2029
Ms Joyce PascalGovernorElected by school staffsince 2017 · until 2029
Mr Naresh BhudiaGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2016 · until 2028
Mr Ian PowellGovernorNominated by LA and appointed by GBsince 2003 · until 2027 ends 2027
Ms Chakshu Patel FormerGovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · term ended 2026
Mr Iqbal Hussain FormerGovernorElected by parentssince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mr Andrew Finn FormerGovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2021 · term ended 2026
Ms Peg Probett FormerGovernorNominated by LA and appointed by GBsince 2018 · term ended 2026
Ms Flavia Tang FormerGovernorNominated by LA and appointed by GBsince 2018 · term ended 2026
Ms Rebecca Hemming FormerGovernorNominated by other body and appointed by GBsince 1999 · term ended 2026

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