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THE RIVER AUTUMN 2015 EDUCATION 31 funding Bishop Challoner have in place is not just state supplied - it has been secured by the endeavours of the leadership team who have won the support of businesses like marketing agency Ogilvy Mather and the American bank Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo sponsor a reading and maths scheme at Bishop Challoner to the tune of 10000 per year and it is connections like these established by Nick and his team that have a massive impact on day to day performance at the school. The close relationship with Ogilvy Mather provides more than just work experience for pupils but a detailed and sustained program instead. Thirty to forty students go for two days and work together on a project like planning a marketing campaign. This is followed by a formal two weeks of work experience and ongoing careers advice and mentoring from Ogilvy staff. According to Nick Soar the biggest driving force behind the leaps in improvement at the federation has been the belief that high ambitions and aspirations work just as well for disadvantaged children as they do with pupils from the leafier suburbs. Established by Irish Catholic nuns in 1850 as a girls school in Whitechapel an area famously challenged by poverty underpinning each of the schools and the Federation is a strong prayer- centred vibrant Catholic ethos. Tolerance and a moral code based on love of God love of the self and love of each other is a core appeal to many of the parents whose children attend Bishop Challoner. Nick Soar takes the reins this September as Executive Principal at Bishop Challoner and the senior leadership team for each of the schools is now as follows Paul Stone Head of Bishop Challoner Boys School Chantelle Easmon-Johnson Head of Bishop Challoner Girls School Mrs Helen Livermore and Mr Andrew Warburton Joint Heads of Bishop Challoner Sixth Form As Nermeen Esther Mila and Bruno each prepare for their Oxbridge starts this autumn the future for the younger children in E1 is looking brighter than ever too. Sixth Formers Heading to Oxbridge from left to right Nermeen will be studying History at Balliol College Oxford Esther studying Psychology at Cambridge Mila studying Psychology at St John College Cambridge and Bruno studying Physics at Jesus College Cambridge. BISHOP CHALLONER CATHOLIC FEDERATION OF SCHOOLS 352 Commercial Road E1 0LB t 0207 791 9500 e infobishop.towerhamlets.sch. uk w www.bishop-learningvillage. towerhamlets.sch.uk Nick Soar the Executive Principal for the Federation