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Location

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About

Welcome to our website and thank you for taking the time to learn more about our school. We are a vibrant and high-achieving 11 18 school proudly serving the Newham community. Our students come from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities, and this diversity gives our school its energy, character, and strength.

Our success is rooted in an unwavering focus on what matters most: exceptional teaching, meaningful learning, and high expectations for every student. Students benefit from inspiring teaching, positive behaviour for learning and strong, purposeful leadership. While we are proud of what we have achieved, we are never complacent and are always seeking to improve further.

Students make excellent progress because they experience a rich and ambitious curriculum, alongside outstanding care, guidance, and support. Our motto, success through effort and determination underpins daily life at the academy and reflects our clear mission: to ensure that no child is left behind.

We offer a broad blend of academic and vocational pathways, supported by outstanding facilities. These include a state-of-the-art theatre, audio-visual recording studios, excellent sports and fitness provision, and modern, well-resourced classrooms, workshops, and laboratories. High-quality IT and related technology supports learning across all areas of the school.

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

Enrichment

16 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Badminton
  • Band
  • Basketball
  • Choir
  • Climbing
  • Coding
  • Dance
  • Debating
  • Drama
  • Football
  • Netball
  • Photography
  • Rugby
  • Stem
  • Place2Be
  • Times Tables Rock Stars

Key facts

URN
136669
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Newham
Constituency
East Ham
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2011

Governing body (11 current, 1 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

2 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

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Ms Gurjit ShergillChair of Local Governing BodyAppointed by GB/boardsince 2017 · until 2027 ends 2027

Full governing body

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Russell SmithLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2028
Ms Simone ThomasLocal GovernorElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Ms Tehira AslamLocal GovernorElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Waheed AslamLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Dennis Richard Hull Confirmed same personLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Sultan HussainLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Sukaina SesayLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · until 2027 ends 2027
Miss Shifa PatelLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021 · until 2027 ends 2027
Ms Sydney JoyceLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2018 · until 2027 ends 2027
Dr Dayo Olukoshi Confirmed same personLocal GovernorEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2008
Mr Maurice Monk FormerLocal GovernorAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021 · term ended 2025

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 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