Our Governors

I am extremely proud of the diversity that Islington has to offer, where all cultures and backgrounds can share experiences and grow together. We are all unique with different interests and skills - some people enjoy the traditional academic subjects, whilst others prefer the more creative areas and I support a curriculum that allows our students to find the right path for them.  I am keen to encourage our learners to use their individual skills and talents to achieve their goals in life. I want our children to leave school feeling confident and proud of what they have achieved.  School life isn't just about the exam results that we walk away with - it's about how we grow as people, how we learn to communicate & engage with others and where we learn our own strengths.   Away from being a Governor, I work in business performance looking at ways that businesses can work more efficiently, monitoring financial spends & savings plans and putting improvement suggestions in place. I'm hoping these skills may help with the progress of our Federation and Schools.  

I’m delighted to be the Chair of EGA’s School Committee. I work closely with the school, supporting the leadership to ensure that continuous development, planning and progress is sustained to enable the students to achieve their full potential. My entire career focus has been in education. I’ve worked with young people in Islington for over twenty years and am fully invested in their opportunities and success.

I am a freelance writer and filmmaker, with clients including the BBC, the Roundhouse, Leica, Arts Council England and Vice. My experience includes mentoring and working directly with young people to co-create content and campaigns. As Lead Governor for Communications, I am keen to ensure that our communications across the federation reflect the vibrancy, uniqueness and diversity of our schools, through the voices of our pupils, staff, parents, guardians and community. 

I first became involved with EGA in September 2010 when my eldest daughter began there, followed by my younger daughter eight years later.  Through those years, I have seen EGA go from strength to strength. I became a parent governor in 2018 and now I am pleased to continue as co-opted governor.   I hope as governor, and now as Chair of the EGA School Committee, to contribute positively to the school's life as a member of the community. I am particularly interested in ensuring that the children who are "coasting" are not forgotten and are always pushed to their full potential.  

I joined Beacon High as an Associate Governor in October 2019 and am currently Chair of the school committee.   In my day job I am Director of Partnerships, Events and Communications at the Education Policy Institute and supporting Beacon High allows me to see the impact of national policies on the frontline. Prior to that, I was Head of University Partnerships at The Access Project, a charity working with disadvantaged students to help them gain places at top universities, an ambition I hope to help Beacon High students to meet. Ensuring Beacon High has effective and sustained partnerships that help continue its regeneration, is a key focus for me. I am keen to help the school thrive as part of its local community.     

It is a privilege to be vice chair of the Federation and to be able to support the work of our schools to ensure our young people get the best possible outcomes. I have been involved in education for more than 30 years in Islington and Haringey so bring knowledge and experience to the governors team. I have a safeguarding and school data analysis background.

I have been a parent governor at Vittoria Primary School since 2016 and I am now chair of the Vittoria School Committee. In my day job I work for central government helping teams design and build digital services and make better use of data. I hope to be able to use my experience to support Vittoria School and the Federation to deliver on our vision, for an outstanding education for all our pupils.

2018 I was an Associate Governor at Beacon High; Spring 2020 I am honoured to accept the role as co-opted Governor for the Federation as well as sitting on the Governing Board for Beacon High School. I am an Islington resident and have a great interest and passion for the wellbeing and safeguarding for the young people within the borough.  I worked in Insolvency for 14 years as a trainer in human resources, company investigations officer, diversity and equality officer and my final years as the office manager in the Official Receivers Department. Leaving the Service in 2016, I spent 12 months with Barnet Council in the ‘Looked After Children’ department, and was part of the children’s management committee and the parent governor at my child’s primary school. I chose to change my career focus to supporting young people and I returned to education in 2017 to study ‘Youth Studies and Criminology’ degree for 3 years. I also sit on the Children’s Education Scrutiny board for Islington Council, supporting schools in the borough and ensuring the schools are transparent within their delivery.  

Founder of Brightstars Community Club in addition to working  at Queen Mary University within project governance.  A Registrar  of marriages and civil partnership and a schools mentor.  Over 10 years of school governorship with responsibilities for Healthy Schools, Vice Chair of Curriculum Committee etc.   

I am Mo Abdelmula and I am a maths teacher as well as the Director of Learning for Key Stage 4 at Beacon High. As the Director of Learning for Key stage 4 I lead on the quality of education, teaching and learning, assessment and moderation, student progress and outcomes as well as academic and pastoral interventions. I am passionate about improving the education experience of our young people and believe they should be at the heart of anything implemented.

  Cillian joined the Federation in 2022 and is a member of the Federal Governing Board, the Finance, Resources & Risk Committee, as well as the EGA School Committee. In his day job, Cillian has close to a decade of experience advising international companies on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising. Outside of work, he is a mentor at Unfold’s Broadening Horizons programme.

Hi there I’m Thom Bodle I have been teaching for 7 years joining Copenhagen Primary school in September 2021 as a Year 2 class teacher. I have a huge passion for education and want to do everything I can to improve the experience children have in education. I have enjoyed getting to know the Islington community we serve and look forward to further supporting the development of education in Islington, ensuring our children get the most out of their education. I hope as staff governor I can support in the further development of our school across Islington.

I believe strongly in the importance of local schools, embedded in the community, and committed to delivering the very best outcomes for all young people. Beacon High’s ‘Believe, Belong, Become’ motto captures it perfectly. Let’s encourage all students to believe they can achieve great things, let’s ensure they belong to a school community that supports them at all times and let’s celebrate when they become role models for future generations. I’ve worked in central government for over twenty years, including a lengthy period at the Youth Justice Board. This is the body that oversees the youth justice system in England and Wales and I was responsible for delivering a wide range of projects designed to improve the facilities and services on offer to disadvantaged young people. This was incredibly rewarding and I’m now really pleased to have joined the Beacon High Committee. I hope I’ll be able to use my skills and experience to help support the school as it continues on its already impressive journey.

I am a member of the Federal Governing Board and Chair of the Federal Finance, Resources & Risk Committee. I’m a partner in a law firm based in the City of London, where my work is primarily focused on structuring and executing acquisitions, disposals and investments for a range of multinational companies and investment funds. I am also an experienced private investor.

I am a member of staff at EGA School and currently work within the Music Department. As a long term serving member of staff of 21 years, and 25 years’ experience as a former Youth Leader, working with young people has always been my passion. I am a Vocal Coach and Music Coordinator, teaching young people and facilitating Music events, I have developed and run Choirs both at EGA and in a Youth work capacity. The most memorable events are a Choir performance for the former first lady Michelle Obama's first visit at EGA in 2009 and a youth exchange to South Africa sponsored by BOTH charity, directing a 500 mass School Choir. I am also a part of the Diversity team to achieve the goal at EGA as an anti-racist School.

Hello! My name is Zamiya Shire and I have been teaching at Vittoria for 4 years and am also the Head of Science. I am looking forward to be working alongside a team of fantastic people to support Vittoria Primary School as well as the local community. I would hope to be an asset to the school, dedicating my time of being a proactive and effective staff associate governor.

Associate Staff Member

Beacon High Staff Associate