The Island School Council
The Council is the group that represents all areas of our community. It oversees and guides the development of Island School, keeping a hand on budgets, curriculum and site development.. The members of the Council are drawn from the following constituencies.
- Parents are elected by the parent body;
- Teachers and support staff are elected by the staff;
- Community members are nominated by the chair;
- Students are selected by the student body;
- The Principal, the Business Manager and other senior staff are ex-officio members.
The Council meets approximately every six weeks in the evening at school. The agenda varies from monitoring ongoing issues and discussions of new projects that are brought forward by members. Major changes in the school need to be agreed by the Council.
The Council has various subcommittees that also include other members of the community. The committees include Site and Buildings, Curriculum, Human Resources, Risk Management and Budget.
Council Members
Malcolm Gibson – Council Chairman
Malcolm Gibson is a community representative and is the Chair of the School Council. He has been on the council since 2004. He is the Head of Project Engineering for MTR Corporation Ltd, and has had 3 children educated by ESF, at Bradbury and South Island Schools. |
Peter is an English, EAL and TOK Teacher, having joined Island School in 2006. He comes from Australia with a lot of experience in private secondary schools, including a number of years as a Head of Department (English) and as a Head of House. Since joining Island School he has founded the Imaginings creative writing magazine and been involved in coaching Rugby and Basketball teams. He claims an intimate connection with Island School through his wife and sister-in-law, who are both alumni. |
Phil has been teaching Music for over 15 years and has been at Island School since 2000. He is heavily involved in the school extra curricular music programme where he conducts the Senior Orchestra and other ensembles. Phil is also experienced at leading overseas Interim Week trips. |
Karen has been teaching for a period of 20 years, 15 of which were in Australia where she was a Head of Department for a variety of curriculum areas as well as leading vocational education programs, heath promotion, pastoral education and special needs education. She has been a member of Island for 5 years as a Food Technology teacher and now holds the post of Leader of Food and Textiles Technology. She has been involved in leading the implementation of the new PSHE program, managing Girls tennis and boys badminton teams and has been an elected representative on School Council for 4 years. |
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Chris Binge – Principal |
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Christian Houston-Floyd – Student Representative |
Grace Lant – Student Representative |
Chris Durbin is the Secondary Education Adviser for ESF. He has been in post since 2004. His role is to support and challenge all ESF schools to develop and improve. He sits on six ESF school councils as the CEO’s representative. He originates from the UK as teacher of geography, humanities and mathematics, an adviser/inspector in local authorities and with the BBC creating educational television and on-line learning. Throughout his career he has had a passion for international outlook on education. He has a track record of professional development with schools and educators in Europe and Africa. His two children have graduated from ESF schools in recent years and he is a passionate advocate for a high quality education for students regardless of ability and aptitude. In his spare time, he loves being out and about in natural places observing wildlife, or in the big city observing people. |
Susan Finder – Parents Representative |
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Shalini Sujanani – Parents Representative |
Guy Bradley – Community Representative |
| Johnny Uttamchandani – Community Johnny was Head Boy of Island School in Dr Colin Niven’s day. He went off to Wharton School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania but has, since university, returned to Hong Kong to work in the family business. He is married with one child who is waiting to come to Island School. |
Bo Fussing – Community Bo Fussing has been the chairman of the Island School Alumni Association since it was revitalised in April 2005. Bo also sits as a Community Member of the School Council. Bo was at Island School 1979 – 1983. Career wise, Bo worked in the Construction Industry till 1995 mainly in managing mechanical and electrical installations. Since then he has moved across to the IT field. Currently he is a partner in a consulting company providing interface and systems design and test management for several large IT projects. |
Betty has been a member of the support staff team at Island School since 1996. She is currently the school's HR & Finance manager. |
Dilip Sandhu – Secretary to the Council |
