Service Families
Service Child Information
Please fill in this form if you have any deployment or change in working routines/patterns, this information can help us to support you and your child in school during change and deployments. HERE.
To visit the Service Families website, please click here.
As a team, our aim is to help get the best out of our Service Children to ensure they have a great start in life, equipping them with tools for the future.
Mrs Lesley Ure
Community and Service Lead
Gosport Community Hub
02392 616017
Meet Our Community and Service Lead
I’m Lesley Ure, your Community and Service Lead. My role is to ensure that our school remains deeply connected with our local community and that students and families receive the support they need to thrive.
What I Do:
- Identify community needs and drive initiatives for positive outcomes
- Manage a dedicated team focused on community engagement and facility management
- Generate revenue to fund our interventions and support our school’s growth
- Forge strategic partnerships to enhance our impact
- Advocate for the needs of our students and families on regional and national platforms
- Coordinate pastoral support and parental network programs
- Ensure budgetary accountability and safeguarding responsibilities
Get in Touch: lure@kgahampshire.uk
I’m here to support you and your family. Feel free to reach out with any questions, ideas, or concerns. Together, we can make a difference in our community.
Thank you for being part of our King’s Academy Bay House family.
Warm regards,
Lesley Ure
Community and Service Lead
Gosport Community Hub
Mrs Claire Rutherford
Service Children and Families Coordinator
Over the last 20 years my career has seen me working in Education from Early years settings, Primary schools though to Secondary School. I have lots of experience working with SEND and through my work roles have given support and guidance to families in and around their local community.
Being a Military wife and family myself I have a full understanding of Military life and all of the ups and downs, struggles and excitement this can bring with it.
Here within Kings Group Academies it is my responsibility to offer support and guidance to our Service Children, their Families and the Wider Community. Providing an environment where Children and Families feel supported and will be able to access resources. Supporting Families by signposting to appropriate agencies or charities making sure their needs are met.
If you have any questions or would like support then please contact me by sending an email to: crutherford@kgahampshire.uk
Groups and Events
The KGA Hampshire Service Community Facebook group is a brilliant platform to meet new friends and catch-up with people who you already know in the community. It’s also a good place to keep up to date with events and activities.
Please remember to answer the question and agree to the rules, then you’ll be in!
As part of the Festival of Friends project, the Service Team led “Operation Understanding: A King’s Group Academy Mission to Support Service Children.” The project aimed to ensure Service children feel recognised, understood, and included, while helping staff across the Trust identify and respond to their unique experiences.
Read more about our work and impact in the Festival of Friends Report.
We have a group of Service Children who have put themselves forward to be Service Ambassadors. The Service Ambassadors meet regularly and work together to make change. They are involved in meetings in school, transition sessions and evenings, online meetings with other professionals sharing their views and experiences.
The Service Ambassadors can be seen at events and activities wearing their Purple t shirts and Jackets.
The Service Community Youth Club is held at Gosport Community Hub approximately every other Wednesday (term time only) Posters with dates, more information and times are available on the Community Hub facebook page and the Community Hub Website.
https://www.facebook.com/GosportCommunityHub
We aim to support you to understand teenager development, ways of managing conflict and to learn problem solving strategies. Please complete the link, if you wish to attend: https://forms.gle/KKui8JG12cvBPUWP9.
Please contact Lesley Ure lure@kgahampshire.uk for further information.
Our school uses the Thriving Lives Toolkit, developed by the Service Children’s Progression (SCiP) Alliance, to guide and evaluate the support we offer to Service children and their families. The toolkit helps us identify strengths, address areas for development, and ensure that every Service child thrives in their education and wellbeing.
You can read our own evaluation and reflections in our latest Thriving Lives Toolkit Report
Family Support
Managing a family can be amazing, but occasionally as military families we may need some additional support, guidance or help with signposting. If you feel that that this would benefit you and your family, then please complete this referral form.
Student Deployment Support
If your child would benefit from deployment support and it doesn’t involve ELSA (as this is a different referral process through the year teams), please complete this referral form once you have discussed it with your child.
If you have any questions regarding Service support or are needing any advice please do not hesitate to contact Claire Rutherford Service Children and Families Coordinator on crutherford@kgahampshire.uk
Statements
We often request that families provide us with feedback to enable us to continually review the support that is provided to our service families across the secondary phase of the KGA. If you wish to give us some feedback then please complete this form.
Useful Links
- Aggies – https://www.aggies.org.uk/
- Armed Forces Education – https://armedforceseducation.org/
- Forces Employment – https://www.forcesemployment.org.uk/who-we-help/we-support-young-people-from-military-families/ The Forces Employment Charity supports young people aged 16-24 who have at least one serving or veteran parent or legal guardian in the British Armed Forces, including reservists.
- Home Start Gosport – Fareham – https://www.home-start.org.uk/home-start-gosport-fareham
- Naval Children’s Charity – https://www.navalchildrenscharity.org.uk/
- Naval Families Federation – https://nff.org.uk/contact/
- Naval Families Federation – Parental Absence Guide – https://nff.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/6656-NFF-Parental-Absence-Guide-DI.pdf
- Royal Air Force Families Federation – https://www.raf-ff.org.uk/
- Royal Navy Royal Marines Charity – https://www.rnrmc.org.uk/
- Strengthening families, RNRMC – https://www.rnrmc.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Strengthening%20Families%20Booklet%202025%20Digital.pdf
- Royal Navy Forum – https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/welfare/find-help
- Saffa – https://www.ssafa.org.uk/
- Service Children’s Progression Alliance – https://www.scipalliance.org
- Mind Solent – Anchoring Minds – https://www.solentmind.org.uk/support-for-you/our-services/anchoring-minds/
Relate can offer couples Relationship Counselling, Family Counselling, Children’s counselling and more.
Forces Connect
The “Forces Connect” app is designed to link users to organisations offering help and support across a wide range of services. The free app is aimed at the entire armed forces community – serving personnel, reservists, veterans and their families – as well as frontline public services staff.
