Mr Ben Hodgson

Ben Hodgson grew up in East Anglia and always had a passion for the sciences, History, and Music at school. After his GCSEs, he decided to focus on sciences at A-Level before attending the University of Bristol, where he studied Chemistry alongside sections of the Physics and Maths courses. After graduating, he studied postgraduate law and spent over a decade working in HR across the private, public, and third sectors before training to teach and obtaining his PGCE at the Institute of Education, UCL. Ben has worked in schools in East, Southwest, and Southeast London and is an accredited lead practitioner as well as an experienced teacher of both A-Level Chemistry and A-Level Physics.

Proudest moment in education. When I get to bump into a past student in our community and hear about what they've gone on to do after being at our school and the difference they are making. 

The thing I love most about HBAED. In my role I lead the Innovation Team and on driving excellence in Teaching and Learning in our school. This means I get the privilege of regularly seeing just how good our teachers are and the amazing impact they have for our students. The trajectories students set at our school mean they have opportunities in life that they likely wouldn't get from another school and so much of that is down to our excellent teachers.