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Education Links

Free schools alternative provision school in London (Newham).

Pupils
24
on roll
Ofsted
Ungraded inspection
inspected Sep 2022
Attendance rate
-
not published
Pupil : Teacher
7.5
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
66.7%
school census 15/01/2026
SEN support
33.3%
2025/26
Capacity
30%
24 / 80 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
40.9%
2024/25

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

Community Links Academy Trust is a single-academy trust, set up in 2012 and operates an alternative provision, known as Education Links for young people aged between 11 and 16 years. The Trust grew from the education work of Newham-based charity to Community Links Trust Limited , and became completely independent from the charity in 2014.

Education Links operates over two physical sites as an Alternative Provision Free School (Academy) and SEND Provision, located in Newham, London.

The principal objective of the academy is to provide alternative education for pupils referred by mainstream schools or local authorities, leading to those pupils being reintegrated into mainstream education; supported to further education or training, gaining appropriate accreditation.

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

Enrichment

3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Cooking
  • Times Tables Rock Stars
  • Trauma Informed Schools

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Healthy Eating AwardRecognised award

Key facts

URN
141139
Type
Free schools alternative provision
Phase
Not applicable
Ages
11 to 16
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
Newham
Constituency
Stratford and Bow
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2014

Governing body (18 current, 0 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

12 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 Lorraine O'Garro Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Toni NashChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2025
Ms Arfa Butt Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Simon MillerMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024
Ms Nicola Middleton Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Ms Ella Downs Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Ms Katrin Harrow Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024
Miss Naomi Brown Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Ms Chantelle Clarke Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Mark McCullum Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Paul Mundy-Castle Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Ms Rachana Vaja Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Errol Comrie Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2023
Ms Althea Baker Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · until 2030
Simon HerbertMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022
Linda PowellMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022
Ms Arfa Butt Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021
Ms Althea Baker Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2012

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