East London Science School

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The logo of the East London Science School the first venture of the LM network into running an educational establishment

East London Science School is a secondary school based in Bromley-by-Bow in East London. It opened for its first intake on 7 September 2013 and is run by the East London Science School Trust (created 23 February 2012, company number 07962059).

The East London Science School Trust was founded by David Perks, Mark Smith and Jenny Davey. It is part of the libertarian anti-environmental LM network in the sense that almost all of those associated with it have multiple connections to LM network associated organisations.

People

Circa August 2013

According to the ELSS website in August 2013 the following people constituted the 'team': David Perks Principal Designate | Mark Smith Director/Chair | Jenny Davey Founder Member | Tom Ogg Director | James Woudhuysen Director | Dave Clements Director - i/c Social Media | Lesley Katon | Jane Sandeman | Mat Sheldon | Martyn Perks Volunteer - Design/IT | Alka Sehgal Cuthbert Volunteer

Governors

According to the school Prospectus there are four governors. The Board of governors is chaired by Mark Smith and also includes James Woudhuysen who was a founding member of the Revolutionary Communist Party in the 1970s and is a central associated of the LM network, Tom Ogg who entered the Debating Matters competition in 2002 and has worked for the neoconservative think tank Civitas and James Groves formerly of the conservative think tank Policy Exchange.

Steering Committee

A Steering Committee of volunteers 'are working alongside the governing body to prepare the school for opening in 2013.' They include: Alka Seghal-Cuthbert, Hans Bhurruth, Anita Zarska, Mark Taylor, Sharmini Brookes, Jenny Davey, Sonia Galea, David Clements, Lesley Katon, George Pender and Martyn Perks.

Directors

According to Companies House the following people are or have been directors (date of appointment in brackets):

• David Michael Perks (23/02/2012)
• Mark Andrew Smith (23/02/2012) (Associate Vice President UK and Offshore Banking Technology Barclays Wealth since 2010)
• Mark Taylor (12/07/2013)
• David Lee Clements (10/07/2013)
• Dr Norman Lewis (28/06/2013)
• Lesley Louise Katon (25/04/2013)
• Professor James Pollard Woudhuysen (16/10/2012)
• Jennifer Susan Perks (23/02/2012-16/10/2012)
• Thomas William Ogg (16/10/2012)

Contact

Address: The Clock Mill, Three Mill Lane, Bromley-by-Bow, London E3 3DU

email: info AT eastlondonscienceschool.co.uk

Tel: 020 7042 5910

Web: eastlondonscienceschool.co.uk

Facebook: EastLondonScienceSchool

Twitter: @elss_freeschool