Hub Team

Fahima Khankhara is the  English Hub Lead at Elmhurst Primary School. She will be leading the Showcase events and conducting Audits in conjunction with the Literacy Specialist Team. Fahima is experienced in developing reading for pleasure in the classroom, specialising in supporting lower-attaining readers. She will be delivering the Transforming Your School's Reading Culture programme. As Hub Lead, Fahima is looking forward to working with schools throughout North East London and Essex to get all children reading confidently and for enjoyment.

Katharine Young is an Assistant Head Teacher and Literacy Curriculum Lead at Elmhurst Primary School. She is an experienced Year 6 teacher, former Literacy Coordinator and Specialist Leader of Education (SLE). She is passionate about reading for pleasure and the power stories have to change children’s lives. Katharine wrote the Transforming Your School's Reading Culture programme for the wider English Hub network. She will be delivering this training to schools in the New Vision network and is supporting other Hubs in the roll-out of this programme.

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Rumina Khatun is the English Hub Coordinator. She manages finances, marketing and events. Rumina plays a vital administrative role in ensuring the New Vision English Hub can spread its literacy expertise with countless other schools.

Sam Creighton is a class teacher and Literacy Coordinator at Elmhurst Primary School. He is experienced across KS2 and was formerly Oracy Lead and History Coordinator at his school. He is a passionate advocate of helping children become authentic, life-long readers and of embedding a reading for pleasure culture in his classes and across the school. He will be leading the Teacher Reading Group training, as well as being involved in the delivery of the Transforming Your School's Reading Culture programme.

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Katherine Roberts is the Key Stage 1 Assistant Head Teacher and Reading Leader at Elmhurst Primary School. She is a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) with 15 years of expertise in managing the delivery of our phonics programme, ensuring fidelity to the scheme and consistency of teaching.