Ellie Ghazi-Noory

Mrs Ghazi-Noory is a senior leader committed to ensuring every student feels part of the school community and is supported to find and pursue their own path to success. She believes that schools exist not to prescribe a single route, but to guide students towards the path that is right for them — academically, socially, and personally — equipping them with the skills, confidence, and resilience to thrive.

She trained through Teach First and has dedicated her career to schools within the borough of Greenwich. She joined Harris Greenwich in 2011 as a Geography teacher, quickly progressing to 2iC and then Head of Humanities, before joining the school’s leadership team in 2018. Alongside her leadership responsibilities, she continues to teach Geography and has extensive experience supporting students with SEND. As a mother to a SEND child, she brings a wealth of personal experience to her leadership of the SEND team, offering empathy, understanding, and insight that strengthens engagement with parents. She has a proven track record of excellent results at A-level Geography, and examples of her students’ essays have been shared nationally as models of good practice. She has also gained an MA in Education and Leadership, further strengthening her capacity to lead and innovate within a high-performing context.

Her leadership is defined by high challenge and high support. She is a visible presence across the school, combining clear communication with strong relationships, ensuring that staff and students alike understand the school’s vision and feel confident to contribute to it. She inspires colleagues to invest fully in the school’s agenda, fostering a culture where high expectations are matched by wholehearted support and collaboration.

A hallmark of her career has been her work beyond the classroom, strengthening the school’s connection with its community. She has been instrumental in re-engaging parents in a post-COVID world, creating opportunities for them to participate in coffee mornings, meet-and-greets, and courses hosted at the school. She has built meaningful partnerships with local feeder primary schools, churches, and community centres, ensuring that the school is a hub of support and belonging.

Within the school, she has led a renewed focus on literacy, championing the explicit teaching of vocabulary and ensuring that all students have the tools to access, understand, and express knowledge across the curriculum. Her approach is both strategic and practical, embedding initiatives that have a measurable impact on student outcomes while maintaining the warmth and relational culture that makes the school feel safe, inclusive, and purposeful.

Under her leadership, students experience a safe, welcoming environment where they feel supported, understood, and part of a wider community. Staff experience a culture of trust and clarity, where expectations are high but support is always available, and where their efforts contribute to a shared vision of excellence. Through her leadership, the school combines academic ambition with a strong sense of care and belonging, preparing young people not only for exams, but for life.