About 

Bhupinder Singh

Bhupinder Singh

Bhupinder worked as a senior lecturer in maths education. She was engaged in research in parental involvement in mathematics learning. She co-ordinated two pilot studies, which involved parents who supported their children with secondary maths homework. These studies were conducted in London, Birmingham and Gloucester.

Bhupinder has been a maths teacher in Calcutta and in London. She was also a Head of Biology in Tanzania.

Halima Begum

Halima Begum

Halima has been the Office Manager at Ocean Maths since 2003. Her role includes all administrative tasks associated with the delivery of an efficient, responsive and effective Charity.

Prior to this she has worked at various other organisations including an IT company, a social services department and a primary school.

Abida Khan

Abida Khan

Abida has been with Ocean Maths for 2 years working as part-time accountant. She is a qualified accountant with a 2:1 degree in Economics gained from Kingston University in 1990. She has worked in a variety of sectors starting her career in the City of London where she worked for 12 years. After a career break of 6 years, to start a family, she returned to part-time work as Financial Controller of Everywoman Ltd. She is now firmly established in the Charities sector, working not only for Ocean Maths, but two other educational charities. She is a keen reader, enjoys baking cakes with the children and going out for bike rides with her family at the weekend.

Mich Maflin

Mich Maflin

Mich has been teaching in Tower Hamlets in a primary school for the past twenty years and as mathematics co-ordinator for the last twelve years.

Since 2008, she has worked with Ocean Maths as a Primary Facilitator. In this role she has worked with children from six primary schools who were low achievers and often struggling in mathematics by running workshops for parents and children. Mich has also trained school staff and Ocean Maths workshops for parents and children across many London Boroughs.