Our Governors

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

Libby Graham, Chair of Governors

Libby has been a school governor for 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.

Jo Wright-Vice Chair of Governors, safeguarding governor.

Jo moved to Caldbeck from the South West in 2018 and is very happily settled in the village. Jo is a serving police officer, joining in 2000 who transferred from Bristol to Cumbria Constabulary. She is a Detective Constable with a significant background in child protection and safeguarding. She currently works in the Safeguarding Hub. 

Steve Razetti, Parent Governor, health and safety governor.

Steve's oldest two boys attended Fellview before moving to Keswick School and his youngest son is currently in Year 6. 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.

Jon Brown, 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.

Hannah Whitson, Co-opted Governor, SEND governor

Hannah has three children in the school.
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

Gillian McElvogue - Headteacher Governor

Alexandra Irving - Acting Headteacher Governor

Joanna Wade - Clerk to Governors

The Full Governing Body (FGB) 2023/2024

Governor Attendance 2023 2024

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Governor Attendance 2022/23

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