- Holland Park School Parent Collective
Contact Info - 2022
Updated: Mar 10
The following are for your reference to help you in our campaign to Save Holland Park School. To be helpful we've grouped some further down so that they're easier to cut and paste.
National Education Union (NEU)
United Learning Trust
Sally Coates - Head of Secondary Schools
sally.coates@unitedlearning.org.uk
Sir Jon Coles - CEO
jon.coles@unitedlearning.org.uk
RSC Current Advisory Board members
Sarah Brown
Dame Yasmin Bevan (Chair of United Learning)
Dr Jamie Clarke jclarke@tovelearning.co.uk
PA to Sarah Bennett
Claire Robins crobins@sjl.herts.sch.uk
Dame Sue Bourne suebourne@hotmail.com
HPS Parent Collective
Save Holland Park School @stoptheMATness (Twitter and Instagram)
HPS Board of Governors
We understand that the previous Chair of Governors, Jane Farrell, did not share all emails with the other governors (trustees), and did not engage with members either, so as a result please copy them all in when you write to one specific governor.
Emails and Twitter handles where we have them:
Vic Daniels (Chair as of 7th June, local resident) chair@hollandparkschool.co.uk @vicdanielsHITC vic.daniels@grv.media
Dr Vanessa Ogden, Head and CEO of Mulberry Trust
ceo@mulberryschoolstrust.org @DrVOgden
Adrian Percival adrian.percival@loddoneducation.co.uk
Yasser el Gabry yassereg@esa-ltd.com or info@esa-ltd.com (fao YAG) - HPS Building Architect, parent, lives in Islington
Louisa Mitchell, CEO West London Zone lmitchell@westlondonzone.org @LouMitchell13
David Laws davidlaws75@gmail.com david.laws@epi.org.uk or info@epi.org.uk (fao David Laws) @eduPolicyInst
Ed Vainker ed.vainker@reachacademy.org.uk @edvainker
Steve Gough - we do not have contact information for him at this time
*fao = For the Attention Of
Clerk to Governors is Stewart Harper clerk@hollandparkschool.co.uk @stewharper
He is currently on holiday, so no-one is there to do his job.
Jane Farrell @janefarrellEW (Chair until 6th June, now a member so still involved)
Resigned 7th June after ULT chosen as MAT:
Teresa Tunnadine teresa.tunnadine@middlesexlearningtrust.org.uk @teresatunnadine
Resigned from the Board of Directors mid-July 2022
Roy Blatchford royb88@gmail.com @roy_blatchford - a previous Ofsted Inspector too
Here they all are together so you can cut and paste into your emails or tweets.
adrian.percival@loddoneducation.co.uk
ed.vainker@reachacademy.org.uk
New head teacher at Holland Park School
Mr Steve Parsons
steve.parsons@hollandparkschool.co.uk
@janefarrellEW
@mulberryTH
@LouMitchell13
@eduPolicyInst
@edvainker
@whistlingwolfe
@stoptheMATness
Parent Governors
Samantha Cockcroft (Hesketh) sam.hesketh@gmail.com
Melanie Juno Wolfe m.j.wolfe7@gmail.com @whistlingwolfe
Other key personnel at Holland Park School
Independent Inquiry
Jessica Joels
United Learning
Sir Jon Coles, CEO @JonColes01
Dame Sally Coates, Director of Secondary Academies @CoatesSally
Anti-United Learning
John Roan Resists (parent led group) @JohnRoanResists
Media
Warrick Mansell, Education Uncovered @warwickmansell warwickmansell@gmail.com
Fiona Millar, The Guardian @schooltruth fiona.millar@theguardian.com
Sally Weale, Guardian Education @sweale
Anna David, The Evening Standard @_AnnaDavis
Schools Week @SchoolsWeek
Samantha Booth, Senior Reporter at Schools Week @samanthajbooth
Guy Adams, The Daily Mail @guyadams
Andrew Jack, Financial Times @AJack
Simon Nayyar, political communicator @SimonNayyar
Sarah Vine @WestminsterWAG - journalist, parent and ex-wife of Michael Gove
Melissa Benn @melissabenn - Tony Benn's daughter, Holland Park alumni, journalist with focus on education
Michael Rosen @MichaelRosenYes
RBKC Councillors & Influential Local People
Josh Rendall RBKC Stanley Ward Councillor, Lead Member for Family @Josh_Rendall
Holland Park School is in Campden Hill Ward. These are the councillors for the Ward:
Catherine Faulks @lionhouse33 cllr.catherine.faulks@rbkc.gov.uk
Preety Hudd cllr.preety.hudd@rbkc.gov.uk
Lloyd North cllr.lloyd.north@rbkc.gov.uk
However, the school impacts numerous wards as the children come from a variety of areas.
Emma Dent Coad RBKC Labour Councillor Golborne Ward 020 3176 0536 cllr.emma.dentcoad@rbkc.gov.uk
Johnny Thalassites, RBKC Holland Ward Councillor, Lead for Planning, Place and Environment @jthalassites
Kasim Ali, RBKC Dalgarno Ward Councillor, Chair of Housing - Labour @Kaasim_Ali
Greg Hammond, RBKC Courtfield Ward Councillor @GregHammond66
Janet Evans, RBKC Royal Marsden Gov, Chair of the Family Services Select Committee - Conservative, Deputy Mayor @janetevansKCFC
Hamish Adrian, RBKC Vice Chair Earls Court - Conservative @HamishAdourian
Robert Atkinson - RBKC Labour, retiring soon @RobertAtkinson14
Robert Freeman, councillor @mrbelveze
David Lindsay, RBKC Mayor 2022-23 @RBKCMayor
Don't know who your Ward Councillor is? Try this link: https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/council-councillors-and-democracy/councillors-and-committee-meetings/find-your-councillor-and-ward
KAA - Sir David Carter (former National Schools Commissioner)
KAA - David Benson (Award Winning Head Teacher)
Members of Parliament & Government Officials
Find your MP with this link: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
Felicity Buchan Conservative MP for Kensington 020 7219 6732 @FelicityBuchan felicity.buchan.mp@parliament.uk
Michael Gove Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (also a parent & pro local MAT)
Email: michael.gove.mp@parliament.uk
Michael Gove has 2 other email addresses:
at his constituentcy it’s office@shca.org.uk
at the department it’s correspondence@communities.gov.uk
Meg Hillier MP (with two i’s) (Lab) is Chair of the Public Accounts Committee
Robert Halfon MP (cons) is Chair of the Education Select Committee.
Bridget Phillipson MP (lab) is the Shadow Education Secretary
@bphillipsonMP
Sarah Newman -
Ian Heggs -
NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION
James Cleverly @jamescleverly
Secretary of State for Education
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London SW1P 3BT
Nadhim Zahawi @nadhimzahawi - Was Secretary of State for Education until 5th July 2022 then made Chancellor. No longer relevant for us.
Baroness Diana Barran MBE Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at The Department of Education @dianabarran barran.PS@education.gov.uk
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System)
The minister’s responsibilities include:
academies and multi-academy trusts
free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools
faith schools
independent schools
home education and supplementary schools
intervention in underperforming schools
school capital investment (including pupil place planning, new school places and school condition)
admissions and school transport
safeguarding in schools and post-16 settings
counter extremism and integration in schools and post-16 settings
departmental efficiency and commercial
Dame Kate Dethridge, previously known as Regional Schools Commissioner North-West London and South Central England, now called Regional Director for South East Regions Group.
Please note change of official twitter handle & email address.
@RD_SouthEast @DethridgeKate
Email RG.SE@education.gov.uk
Regional Schools Commissioner for North-West London and South-Central England
The Regional Schools Commissioner for North-West London and South-Central England is responsible for making decisions about the academies and free schools in the following local authorities:
Barnet
Bedford
Bracknell Forest
Brent
Buckinghamshire
Camden
Central Bedfordshire
City of London
Ealing
Enfield
Hammersmith and Fulham
Harrow
Hertfordshire
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Luton
Milton Keynes
Northamptonshire
Oxfordshire
Reading
Slough
West Berkshire
Westminster
Windsor and Maidenhead
Wokingham
Amanda Sayers (Education Service of the Diocese of Westminster)
Richard Derecki (Parent Governor rep) @DereckiRichards
Estella Gomez (Parent Governor rep)
Kathleen Williams (Head Teacher rep)
Dept Education @educationgovuk
Warwick Sharpe substantive Director of the Academies and Maintained Schools Directorate (AMSD) at ESFA - he appointed Jane Farrell officially @WarwickSharp
Director, Academies and Maintained Schools, ESFA
The Director, Academies and Maintained Schools, delivers ESFA’s remit with open academies and maintained schools. The directorate are responsible for identifying and managing financial management and governance risks in academies, free schools and local authority maintained schools.
Education and Skills Funding Agency
Written a book on education and our unconscious biases that he is offering -
"The Educated Guess"
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities @luhc
Felicity Gillespie – Education Advisor for DfE, Director Kindred, West London Zone - quite involved in early formation of board and part of early meeting with board
Susan Acland-Hood (permanent sec) @SusanAclandHood
Peers in the House of Lords
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Baroness Blower