Greatfields School
Free schools secondary school in Barking (Barking and Dagenham).
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
Greatfields School videos are made by School Video Production Follow us on social media for all the latest news. Click below to connect with us… We would like to say a big't h a n k y o u for your support and participation in "Recycle Week 2016" activities from 12 th of Sep to 18 th of Sep 2016. We are very delighted to say that it was a great success.
Greatfields, Marks Gate Junior, St Margaret, and William Bellamy Schools eco-coordinators and eco-warriors did a great job by encouraging pupils and parents to participate in activities and signing up recycling pledges.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
5 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basketball
- Dance
- Photography
- Textiles
- Accelerated Reader
Key facts
- URN
- 142908
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Barking and Dagenham
- Constituency
- Barking
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2016
Governing body (13 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is 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
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jane Catherine Hadlow | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Amrit Kaur Potiwal | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr David Hudson | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 |
| Ms Sahana Ravikumar Fernando | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Lorraine Saunders | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Eugenia Coffie | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Alan Lazell Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Hamida Ahmed | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Neil Callaghan | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Jack Webb | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Noman Hameed | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Anne Wright | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Grace Maryon | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2018 · until 2030 |
| Mr Matt Gillham Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Adam Robbins Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Richard Paul Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Roger Carver Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2016 · 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