Hendon School
Academy converter secondary school in London (Barnet).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Thank you for your interest in Hendon School. Hendon is a school of passion – where our students and staff care immensely about what they are doing, about our school values and about each other. Hendon School is a family – albeit a very large and diverse family – and we celebrate that. We are stronger because of our differences and because of the way that we work together.
Our school is entering a new and dynamic phase of its development and this year we have been working to articulate the vision and values that underpin our school community. At Hendon School we work in partnership with parents, the local community and other schools, both in England and Internationally.
Recently we were honoured to be invited to join the Mayors Gold Club, which allows us to share good practice with other London schools. We are a National Citizen Service Champion School and hold the British Council International Schools Award.
We work closely with our local feeder primary schools, both as part of our high involvement transition programme and also to enrich and inspire younger students.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
8 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basketball
- Dance
- Drama
- Football
- Netball
- Photography
- Stem
- Textiles
Awards
3 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Anti-Bullying CharterRecognised award
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- Stonewall School ChampionLGBT+ inclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 137645
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Hendon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (27 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.23 governors are linked to a profile (22 confirmed, 1 (likely)).
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
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Nahid Haleemkhail Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mr Sabih Behzad Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Dr Yousry Farrah Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Aman Sair Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Dharini Minawala Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Miss Isabella Naa-Kaile Addo Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Abdullah Abo Milhim Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Craig McGuire Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 |
| Ms Priyanka Haria Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Taj Uddin Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr David Jonathon Gottler | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mrs Rebecca Poole | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mr Adin Rasheedi Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Brian Moates | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2022 | |
| Mr Paul Thomas Maynard Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2021 · until 2029 |
| Mr Andrew Leslie Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 |
| Mrs Louise Varley Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 |
| Mr Andrew Leslie Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2019 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Louise Varley Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 · until 2030 |
| Dr Sinead Mehigan Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by GB/board | since 2018 |
| Mr Andrew Leslie Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2016 · until 2028 |
| Elsadiq Ahmed Eltoum Salim Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2016 · until 2028 |
| Mr Ian Bailey Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2016 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2015 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Rhona Povey Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2015 | |
| Dr Rhona Povey Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2015 |
| Mr Nick Starling (likely) | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Miss Ruth Osoba Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Mohammed Ali Jalbani Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Ali Nazari Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
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