Meet the Governors

Our Governors

Fellview's Governors provide strategic advice to the school's teaching staff and oversight of the school's operations and management.

Jon Brown, Chair of Governing Body, Parent Governor, Publicity Governor.

Jon works for a charity that protects people in conflict zones across the world, finding and removing landmines and unexploded ordnance, delivering risk education to affected communities, and delivering projects to reduced armed violence arising from small arms and light weapons. He comes from a Cumbrian farming family, is a former journalist and has two daughters at Fellview.

Libby Graham, Vice Chair of Governors, Safeguarding Governor

Libby has been a school governor for over 25 years, first as a parent governor at her daughter's school in Manchester and then as safeguarding governor and vice chair at a large Manchester high school. Her background is in urban regeneration where she managed social programmes including an Education Action Zone, SRB and New Deal for Communities initiatives. She brings a community dimension to the governing body, having previously worked for the Northern Fells Groups. She is the Local Authority Governor and is passionate about Fellview School.

Steve Razetti, Parent Governor, Health and Safety Governor.

Steve's three boys attended Fellview before moving to Keswick School. He became a Governor in 2018. Steve moved to Hesket Newmarket in 1988 and spent 20 years working in the Himalaya and Karakoram as a mountain guide. he has worked as a journalist and published author but having taken on the renovation of a farmhouse and married a local GP, he has enthusiastically accepted his new role as domestic god and kids' taxi driver. Steve maintains a keen interest in photography and regularly exercises the family lurcher on the Northern Fells.

Hannah Whitson, Co-opted Governor, SEND Governor

Hannah has two children in the school after one moved on to Secondary.
She has a background in catering management, before becoming a director of the family agricultural business where she takes a lead on administration and credit control. Hannah has a special interest in special educational needs and hopes to implement this into her role as a Co-opted Governor at Fellview Primary.

Tony Vaux

Tony has three grown-up daughters, and six grandsons in primary school. For many years he worked for Oxfam and others on disaster relief and international development. Tony moved to Caldbeck 20 years ago with his wife Sally and is now involved mainly in local history and environmental issues.

Victoria Tait - Finance Governor

Joshua Slade - Staff Governor

Alexandra Irving - Acting Headteacher Governor

Joanna Wade - Clerk to Governors

The Full Governing Body (FGB) 2023/2024

Name Chair of Member of Type of Governor Appointed by Term of Office starts Term of Office ends

Register of interests
(September 2023)

Gillian McElvogue   Staffing & Finance & Pay Committee Head teacher Ex officio NA NA Headteacher
Libby Graham Chair of Governors Staffing & Finance & Pay Committee (Chair)
Staff Dismissal Committee (Chair)
Headteacher’s Performance Review Group (Chair)
LA & Safeguarding Nominated by LA & appointed by FGB 14 March 2020 13 March 2024 None
VACANT
TBC 16 10 23

Vice Chair of Governors

           
Stephen Razzetti   Staff Dismissal Committee TBC 16.10.23 FGB 1 September 2020 1 September 2024 None
Jon Brown   Appeals Committee Parent FGB 27 September 2021 27 September 2025 Child in school
Josh Slade     Staff Elected by school staff 26 September 2022 26 September 2026 Teacher
Victoria Tait   Staffing & Finance & Pay Committee (clerk)/Finance Lead Co-opted FGB 12 September 2021 12 September 2025 TBC 16.10.23
Hannah Whitson     Co-opted FGB 24 November 2022 24 November 2026

Spouse holds grass cutting contract

Joanna Allison-Wright   Appeals Committee Co-opted FGB 24 November 2022 24 November 2026

Spouse employed by a county school

Anthony Vaux     Co-opted FGB 27 March 2023 27 March 2027 None
Ms Joanne Cornah Wade     Clerk to Governors FGB 26 September 2022 Until resignation None

Archived Governor Information

 

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Governor 11.09.23 13.11.23 11.12.23 29.01.24 25.03.24 22.04.24 20.05.24 15.07.24 Attendance
percentage
Gillian McElvogue Y Y Y Y CANCELLED Y Y Y 100%
Libby Graham Y Y Y Y   Y Y Y 100%
Stephen Razzetti Y Y Y Y   Y Y Y 100%
Jon Brown Y X X Y   Y Y Y 67 %
Josh Slade Y Y Y Y   Y Y Y 100%
Victoria Tait X X Y X   Y X X 29%
Hannah Whitson X Y X X   Y Y Y 50%
Joanna Allison-Wright Y Y Y Y   Y Y Y 100%
Anthony Vaux Y Y Y Y   Y X Y 83%

Y = in attendance

                 

X = no attendance

                 

N/A = not applicable

                 
                   

Governor MONDAY
26.9.22
MONDAY
14.11.22
Zoom
MONDAY
24.11.22
Extraordinary
Zoom
MONDAY
30.1.23
MONDAY
27.03.23
MONDAY
22.05.23
Zoom
MONDAY
17.07.23

Attendance percentage

Gillian McElvogue Y Y Y Y Y Y   100%
Libby Graham Y Y Y Y Y X   83%
Clive Bush Y Y Y X Y X   67%
Stephen Razzetti Y Y Y Y Y Y   100%
Jon Brown Y Y Y X X X   50%
Josh Slade X Y Y Y Y Y   83%
Victoria Tait Y Y X Y Y Y   83%
Hannah Whitson N/A N/A N/A Y Y Y   100%
Joanna Allison-Wright N/A N/A N/A Y Y Y   100%
Anthony Vaux N/A N/A N/A N/A Y Y   100%
Darryl Corbin Y Y X N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Y = in attendance

               

X = no attendance

               

N/A = not applicable