Lee Chapel Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Basildon (Essex).
Location
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Our staff would like to welcome you to Lee Chapel Nursery. At Lee Chapel Primary the aim of the Early Years Foundation Stage is to ensure that all children are given the opportunity to reach their full potential educationally, emotionally and physically. Lee Chapel Nursery caters for children aged from 2 to 4, across four rooms; Woodland , Ocean , Jungle and Polar Rooms.
Our teams of highly experienced and friendly staff have a passion for working with children and forge excellent relationships with both children and parents. We devise exciting and engaging playful learning opportunities to suit the needs of all of our pupils and cover the seven areas of learning as set out in the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework.
Our high expectations and desire to help all children to achieve their best, helps prepare our children for their next stage of education.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Times Tables Rock Stars
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Teaching School HubRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 137108
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Essex
- Constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (12 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.8 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Governors
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jaspal Singh Lall | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mrs Akhila Vattachira | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Rebecca Horne | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Sandy Liz Tomlinson Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Michael Stephen Betteridge Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2028 |
| Mr Dermot Gerard Kavanagh Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2028 |
| Mr Keith William Hill Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2028 |
| Mr Stephen John Wynn | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Julie Ann Bird Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2028 |
| Mr Timothy Richard Johnson Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Lisa Marie Hill Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2011 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Susan Lynda Jackson Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2011 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record