Lisa Thefaut

Lisa Thefaut

Foundation Director

A passionate advocate of excellent Catholic education that is evidence-based and delivers both academic excellence and positive personal development for all young people, Lisa was vice-chair of governors at the Ursuline High School prior to joining the Board. Here she was chair of the governors’ Ethos Committee responsible for establishing the Catholic vision and life of the school and the delivery of outstanding religious education.  Before becoming a Governor, she worked at the Ursuline as Director of Extended Learning.  Over 14 years she established and led the school’s highly innovative enrichment programme designed to link the whole curriculum to the wider world of work, demonstrating the relevance of their learning at school to a student’s future success.  This learning scheme is underpinned by Catholic Social Teaching and the Ursuline value of SERVIAM; its aim being to empower young women not just to succeed but to aspire to make a difference to their world.  Lisa also worked for twenty years in NHS management. She is a parishioner at St Winefride’s Church in South Wimbledon, where she ran the children’s liturgy group for ten years. Her three children were educated in Catholic schools in Merton.