We have a strong Governing Board, who together with the Headteacher, set the future goals for the school and decide how the school's budget should be spent. Governors provide the Headteacher with support and advice, drawing on their knowledge and experience. The governing body consists of: school staff, parents, community members and representatives of the Berlesduna Academy Trust. Please click here to view our Governor's Handbook.

Meet the Governors

The school has the following governors which make up the local governing board:

• Mrs R Lovatt (Chair of Governors)   chair@fairhouse-pri.essex.sch.uk
• Mrs K Hamilton (Headteacher)
• Mrs R Cooper (Staff Governor)
• Miss D Borisova (Parent Governor)
• Mr J Dickson (Co-opted Governor)
• Mr A Stanford (Co-opted Governor)
• Mrs R Adesegun (parent Governor)
• Miss L Hopcroft (Community Governor)

Please see our "pen portraits" of our governors below.

If you are interested in applying for a role within our forthcoming Governing Body, please contact Julie Lapslie:    julielapslie@berlesduna.co.uk 

Finance, premises and curriculum matters are all dealt with at our Full Governing Board meetings. Other committees are convened from our Governing Board as and when they are required.

• Click here to see the Trust Governance page, specifically finance reports and funding arrangements.

Governing Board Register of Business and Financial Interests

Click below to view or download a copy of the Register of Business Interest:

• Fairhouse Primary School: Governing Board Register of Business and Financial Interests 2023-2024
• Fairhouse Primary School: Governing Board Register of Business and Financial Interests 2022 - 2023
• Fairhouse Primary School: Governing Board Register of Business and Financial Interests 2021 - 2022

Governing Board Attendance

Click here to view the attendance register of our Governing Board 2023-2024

Click here to view the attendance register of our Governing Board 2022-2023

Click here to view the attendance register of our Governing board 2021 - 2022

Click here to view the attendance register of our Governing board 2020 - 2021

Click here to view the attendance register of our Governing board 2019 - 2020

 

Pen Protraits of our Governing Board

Rosemary Lovatt

Rosemary is an experienced governance consultant and works for the National Governance Association (NGA) as their Head of Consultancy, where she leads a team of governance consultants who support governance across the country. She has been chair of governors in several primary schools, a junior school, secondary school and now special school.  She has experience governing in many settings including primary, secondary and faith schools.  She is currently chair of governors of a flexi-residential special academy for boys, a chair of a large primary school and a trustee at Berlesduna, chairing the audit and risk committee.

Rosemary has spent much of her governance career supporting others in governance, either as a national leader of governance (NLG), NGA consultant or as an independent governance consultant and tutor. She has delivered the DfEs Governance Leadership Programme for three years and was the regional leaders for National Leaders of Governance for five years.

Rosemary has 20 years experience as a senior global leader in the corporate sector. She has a BA(Hons) in Accountancy and Business Studies.

Dina Borisova

Dina, originally from Latvia, moved to the UK in 2010. Dina is proud mother of two children attending Fairhouse Primary School and she is deeply involved in their education and school life. With over 15 years of experience in sales and customer service, Dina has been a key part of management teams throughout her career. In 2017, she launched her own e-commerce business focused on selling pre-loved children's clothes, showcasing her entrepreneurial drive and commitment to sustainability. Now self-employed, Dina enjoys embracing new challenges and learning continuously.

Her unique perspective as both a parent and business owner allows her to bring an independent outlook to the governing board, where she believes she can make a meaningful contribution. Dina’s trilingual and speaks fluently in English, Latvian, and Russian, which enables her to connect with Fairhouse's diverse community, especially families who have moved to the UK later in life and are learning English as an additional language. Passionate about promoting the school's core values, Dina is dedicated to fostering inclusivity and helping every student reach their full potential.

Ruth Adesegun

Ruth is a compassionate and dependable professional with years of experience in delivering highest standard of service. She has several years of managerial experience in various industries such as hospitality and entertainment industry.

 Currently, she works with City Support Limited as a support worker to ensure that service users’ dignity, privacy and respect are upheld. She has a steadfast commitment to prioritising and promoting service users’ independence and well-being in accordance with Care plans, policies and procedures.

Ruth possess a BSc(hons) in Zoology, also health and social care qualifications.

Lisa Hopcroft

Lisa is the Principal Community Safety Officer at Basildon Borough Council working within the Anti-Social Behaviour and Community Safety Team and has been working with the community safety field for 13 years.

Lisa is passionate about working to keep communities safe and improving feelings of safety in the borough. The work she delivers is broad, but she focusses on supporting our communities by addressing crime and anti-social behaviour and sharing key messages and raising awareness to build community resilience.

Lisa achieves this through the delivery of early and intervention programmes, community engagement, and partnership delivery against strategic priorities.

Lisa hopes to use her knowledge and experience to support the school and the wider community, as she understands the importance education has on ensuring young people achieve their own potential and aspirations.

James Dickson

James is Head of School across two Church of England Primary schools in Thurrock. He has been teaching for just over 20 years in schools in West London and Essex. Each school was from a different demographic background leading to a wide range of experience of needs. James has taught across the full primary range but has a special interest in Early Years, Phonics and English. He has been a governor at Fairhouse for a year after serving as staff governor at his current school for several years.

Andy Stanford

Andy is Deputy Head Teacher at a Residential Special School  for boys in Year 6 to 11 with a EHCP for Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs. In this role,  Andy is responsible for the quality of teaching and learning in the school and also teaches History and Business Studies.

He spent seven years working in the Commercial Insurance industry before moving into teaching 24 years ago. He started his teaching career in a Basildon secondary school and moved into Special Needs education thirteen years ago.