Laura Lewis-WilliamsChair of Governors (Co-Opted)

I joined as a governor in July 2022 and became chair of governors in March 2023. I believe passionately that every child has the right to receive and enjoy the benefits of an outstanding education and can go on to succeed no matter what their background. My career to date has been focused on improving outcomes, in every sense, for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. This passion was ignited by working with teenagers in the Bronx during my summer holidays at university, and led to a ten-year career teaching and leading in inner-city London schools, including as a Deputy Headteacher at Quintin Kynaston School. I am currently Managing Director at Challenge Partners, an education charity, led by practitioners, through which schools collaborate to improve each other and the education system as a whole, so all children benefit.