Governing Body

The Fells Federation Governing Body consists of 11 governors

one local authority governor
two Foundation governors (one of which is ex-officio the Principal Officiating Minister of the ecclesiastical parish of Coniston and Torver)
one staff governors
two parent governors
Head Teacher John Ruskin School
Head of School Coniston Primary School
two co-opted governors

The term of office for all categories of governors is four years.

Current Governing Body members

Local Authority governor – Joyce Hallam
Foundation governor – Brian Streeter
Foundation governor – Helen Hoyle
Staff governor – Ian Walker
Parent governor – Paul Dyson
Parent governor – Karen Birch
Head Teacher John Ruskin School – Peter Blackburn
Head of School Coniston Primary School – Danielle Fitzsimons
Co-opted governor – Charlotte Crisp
Co-opted governor – Helen Glaister
Associate Member – Adrianne Mellor

Chair of Governors – Paul Dyson
Vice Chair of Governors – Joyce Hallam

Safeguarding governor – Karen Birch
Governor with GDPR responsibilities – Brian Streeter
SEND Governor – Joyce Hallam
Governor with oversight for disadvantaged children – Helen Glaister
Finance Governor – Charlotte Crisp
Health and Safety Governor – Paul Dyson

The Full Governing Body meets four times a year.
Three committees meet throughout the year too.

Finance & Resources committee

Rev. Brian Streeter – Chair
Peter Blackburn
Paul Dyson
Charlotte Crisp

John Ruskin School Curriculum & Standards

Paul Dyson – Chair
Joyce Hallam
Ian Walker
Peter Blackburn
Karen Birch
Helen Glaister

Coniston Primary School Curriculum & Standards

Joyce Hallam – Chair
Peter Blackburn
Danielle Fitzsimons
Adrianne Mellor.

The Fells Federation

Governing Body – Declaration of Interest – Year 2020/2021

		Term of Office		Position		Declaration of Interest
Name	Category	Commenced	Ends	Position	Appointed	Declaration	Date
Adrianne Mellor	Associate Member	17.01.2019	16.01.2023			None declared.	01.04.2021
Brian Streeter	Foundation	17.01.2019	16.01.2023			South Lakeland Christian Trust	15.04.2021
Helen Glaister	Co-opted	01.10.2019	30.09.2024			None declared.	29.03.2021
Ian Walker	Staff	17.01.2019	16.01.2023			None declared.	21.04.2021
Joyce Hallam	Local Authority	09.09.2019	08.09.2023	Vice Chair	20.08.2020	None declared.	27.03.2021
Paul Dyson	Parent	17.01.2019	16.01.2023	Chair	20.08.2020	None declared.	21.04.2021
Peter Blackburn	Head Teacher	Ex-officio	Ongoing			Wife employed at CPS.	26.03.2021
Karen Birch	Co-opted	20.02.2019	19.03.2023			None declared.	26.03.2021
Charlotte Crisp	Co-opted	01.10.2020	30.09.2024			None declared.	31.03.2021
Helen Hoyle	Foundation	08.04.2021	07.04.2025			None declared.	01.07.2021
Danielle Fitzsimmons	Head of School	Ex-officio	Ongoing			None declared.	01.04.2021

Full Governing Body Attendance – Year 2020/2021

	20.08.20	01.10.20	07.12.20	24.03.2021	07.07.2021
Adrianne Mellor	P	AP	AP	P	P
Brian Streeter	P	P	P	P	AP
Helen Glaister	–	P	P	P	P
Ian Walker	P	P	P	P	P
Joyce Hallam	P	P	P	P	P
Paul Dyson	P	P	P	P	P
Peter Blackburn	P	P	P	P	P
Karen Birch	AP	P	P	P	P
Charlotte Crisp	–	P	P	P	P
Helen Hoyle	–	–	–	–	P
Danielle Fitzsimmons	P	P	P	P	AP

Legend: A absent, AP apologies sent, R resigned, P present, TE term of office ended.

The Fells Federation

Governing Body – Declaration of Interest – Year 2019/2020

		Term of Office		Position		Declaration of Interest
Name	Category	Commenced	Ends	Position	Appointed	Declaration	Date
Joyce Hallam	Local Authority	09.09.2019	08.09.2023	Vice chair	20.08.2020	None declared.	14.09.2019
Adrianne Mellor	Staff	17.01.2019	16.01.2023			None declared.	14.10.2019
Brian Streeter	Foundation	17.01.2019	16.01.2023			Director of Rapport Ltd.	09.09.2019
Ian Walker	Staff	17.01.2019	16.01.2023			None declared.	08.09.2019
Paul Dyson	Parent	17.01.2019	16.01.2023	Chair	20.08.2020	Wife employed by JRS.	14.10.2019
Karen Birch	Co-opted	20.02.2019	19.03.2023			None declared.	18.09.2019
Peter Blackburn	Head Teacher	ongoing				Wife employed at CPS.	09.09.2019
Danielle Fitzsimons	Head of School	ongoing				None declared.	08.09.2019
Adrian Thompson	Parent	17.01.2019	15.01.2020			None declared.	14.10.2019
Heather Troughton	Co-opted	17.01.2019	25.03.2020			None declared.	14.10.2019
Peter Fox	Foundation	26.09.2018	15.03.2020			None declared.	09.09.2019

Full Governing Body Attendance – Year 2019/2020

	9.9.2019	14.10.2019	29.10.2019	15.01.2020	19.05.2020	04.06.2020
Joyce Hallam	AP	P	P	P	P	P
Adrianne Mellor	AP	AP	P	P	P	P
Brian Streeter	P	P	P	AP	P	P
Ian Walker	P	AP	P	P	P	P
Paul Dyson	P	P	P	P	P	P
Karen Birch	P	P	P	P	P	P
Peter Blackburn	P	AP	P	P	P	P
Danielle Fitzsimons	P	P	P	P	P	P
Adrian Thompson	AP	P	A	R	–	–
Heather Troughton	AP	P	AP	P	R	–
Peter Fox	P	P	P	P	P	P