Governors
The governors act as an important link between the school, Tower Hamlets Education Authority and the local community. We are ultimately responsible for the running of the school. Although we delegate the day-to-day running of the school to Ms. Boutwood, we have ultimate responsibility for the curriculum, resources spending and appointment and dismissal of staff.
All governors can be contacted through the school office 020 7987 1924 (extension 20).
Governors Attendance and Business Interests 2015/2016
Governors Attendance and Business Interests 2016/2017
Governors Attendance and Business Interests 2017/2018
Corinne is a staff governor on the Curriculum and Standards Committee. She trained at Hertfordshire University and is an experienced teacher. Currently, she is teaching Year 6. Prior to her training, Corinne worked as a teaching assistant in England and an English teacher in South Korea and Tanzania. She also has a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts with Performing Arts from Middlesex University. Corinne enjoys keeping her body and mind healthy by going to the gym regularly and meditating.
Edmund is staff governor at Harbinger School. He was born and raised in Tower Hamlets and he attended Malmesbury Primary School and Bangabandu in Bethnal Green and later Swanlea Secondary in Whitechapel. He became a teacher at Harbinger in 2006 after completing a degree in Maths and Music. He has worked at Harbinger ever since. He is fully committed to the pursuit of excellence in education and believes that children who are happy and feel safe will always flourish. He works hard to provide a creative and supportive environment for the children in his class.
Katy has been a governor at Harbinger School since 2007, initially as a parent governor when her son attended the school and subsequently as a local authority governor. Katy has lived and worked in East London since 1991. She is a Consultant Physician with Barts' Health and also plays an active role in delivering and developing medical education. Katy is a great believer in inclusion and the use of partnerships to provide excellent educational experiences for all our children so that every child should be afforded a high quality education, regardless of background.
Kiran is parent governor at Harbinger School and a busy mum to three boys, all of whom attend Harbinger, and a 17 month old little girl. She is very keen on being involved in all aspects of their education, at home and at school, academic and otherwise. Kiran trained as a Health Carer and is always completing courses to better herself, in any which way possible. She also loves creating things, be it sewing, crochet, writing or DIY. In her spare time she loves listening to music and reading.
Stephen is a Chartered Accountant who, until his retirement in 2016, was the Chief Financial Officer of Clifford Chance LLP, which is one of the world's largest international law firms. He is a director of Tower Hamlets Education Partnership, an organisation which helps member schools to develop and to improve and he volunteered for several years in another Tower Hamlets primary school, helping with maths. Stephen has been a governor of Harbinger School since March 2015 and chairs the Finance & Resources Committee. He became a governor in the hope that he can help with providing to every child the excellent education which is his or her right.
Vaughan has been a governor at Harbinger since 2015. He is an artist, writer and filmmaker and has published and exhibited widely in the UK and overseas. His own studies were rather unorthodox, including ancient Greek, Sanskrit, painting and animation. He has lived for many years on the Isle of Dogs, and keeps an allotment at Mudchute farm. Education is entwined with his professional work: he has taught on projects and courses in schools and colleges around east London.
I have been the headteacher at Harbinger since September 2018 and feel very honoured to be part of such an inclusive school community. I have worked in schools across London and East Asia and my priority at Harbinger is to work with the governing body to ensure we have the best education for all our pupils in a supportive environment.
Martin has been a governor at Harbinger for many years since his daughter attended the school, where she was very happy. He is a barrister and has lived on the Isle of Dogs since 1987. He is an active member of the local community particularly with the charities Docklands Sailing Centre Trust, the SPACE, Docklands Settlement Trust and EastEnd Homes.
Raphael is a Head of Project Management Office for Energy Markets at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He has a wide range of experience, including as a relationship manager for the automotive industry, a secondary science teacher in Tower Hamlets, an assessor for OCR, and a qualification and test developer for Pearson Edexcel and the Department for Education. He is passionate about ensuring all children get the support they need to become their very best selves. Raphael is also an amateur improvised comedian, and is striving to write a good suspense novel.
Charlie is the Press Secretary to the City Minister at HM Treasury, where he has been working since 2017. Prior to joining the Civil Service, Charlie was a Communications Manager at Lloyds Banking Group, and the founder of a community project which taught Politics in Primary and Secondary schools across Warwickshire. In addition to being a Governor, Charlie is also a mentor and volunteer for the Royal Society for Blind Children. Charlie is motivated by a want to see all children succeed through adversity, no matter what their ability or background. When he’s not working, Charlie is a committed Liverpool fan and keen reader.
Lawrence is a maths teacher that works in Islington, having previously worked in Tower Hamlets in Bow. He recently completed a masters in education at Harvard on a Kennedy Scholarship, where he focused on education in armed conflict settings and better understanding the barriers to accessing quality education. He has always been very attached to Tower Hamlets following his time working and living there, and cares deeply about ensuring that fantastic opportunities in education are open to all.
To learn how you can become a governor, visit the Tower Hamlets website.
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Governing Body |
Finance & Resources Committee |
Personnel & Salaries Committee |
Curriculum & Standards Committee |
Pay Committee |
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Martin Young (Chair) (Associate Members) Lawrence Houldsworth |
Raphael Richards (Committee Chair) Martin Young Raphael Richards Stephen Purse Andy Smith Edmund Miller Claire Barry |
Vaughan Pilikian (Committee Chair) |
Katy Bennett-Richards (Committee Chair) Corinne Greenslade Raphael Richards Lawrence Houldsworth Andy Smith Vaughan Pilikian |
Martin Young (chair) Other governors TBC |
"The curriculum is skilfully organised to provide pupils with a wide range of learning activities through themed topics, taking into account the national curriculum."
- Ofsted, 2016
