Fen Drayton Primary School

Meet the Governors

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  • Kevin Tyler
    Chair of Governors

    Kevin Tyler

    I was appointed to the Board of Governors at the School in 2023 and was elected as Vice-Chair of the Board in September. I have lived in Fen Drayton since 2006.

    My professional career has included leadership roles in the public, commercial and charities sectors; most recently in the NHS, managing two acute medicine services at Hinchingbrooke Hospital.

    The School has always been at the heart of Fen Drayton village life and is a vital resource for local families and the wider community. I wanted to offer my support to the Board to help achieve a thriving primary education setting for local children and to ensure they have, individually, the best opportunities to be safe and happy and to realise their academic and personal potential.

  • Ruth Dunleavey-Routh
    Vice Chair of Governors

    Ruth Dunleavey-Routh

    I joined the board of governors at Fen Drayton in May 2018 and was elected as chair of the board in May 2022. I have three children who have been or are being educated at Fen Drayton and have been a member of the school community since 2014. We have lived in Fen Drayton for seventeen years and have been actively involved in the friendly village since the arrival of the children.

    Prior to having children, I was a research scientist in field of chemistry and have done lab-based work for companies as diverse as the pulp and paper industry to a university start up making holographic sensors.

    I wanted to join the governing body to support the school in its role to educate our children and to ensure it stays a central part of village life.

  • Gemma Edwards
    Governor

    Gemma Edwards

    I am currently the Deputy Headteacher of a large Cambridgeshire Primary School. I am passionate about our children's education and strive for everyone to reach their full potential. Both my children attend Fen Drayton Primary School so I wanted to support the school and was appointed as a Parent Governor in November 2019. I am currently the link Governor for safeguarding. I am excited to be able to use my experience within education to support our local school and enable the children within it to thrive.

  • Danielle Doyle
    Governor

    Danielle Doyle

    I became a governor at Fen Drayton in 2019, shortly after my eldest son started school. Being a governor has allowed me to support the school to provide the best opportunities and education while maintaining all that makes Fen Drayton Primary such a lovely place to learn.

    I have over 20 years of experience in strategic communications roles mainly working in the public sector and for not-for-profit organisations. Currently, I lead a large communications and engagement team at a national research institute, where I am responsible for influencing a wide range of policy areas and supporting academics to find the most engaging and understandable ways to present their work. I also have experience of the financial sector, corporate governance, and improving internal ways of working and business processes

  • Emma Cox
    Safeguarding Governor

    Emma Cox

    I joined the Governing Body as a co-opted Governor in 2021. I have two children who currently attend Fen Drayton Primary and therefore I am keen to support and contribute to the future of the school.

    I currently work as a clerical assistant in another Cambridgeshire school so have knowledge of the education system. I am also a safeguarding and recruitment lead in another voluntary capacity. Before taking up my current employment, I was Chair of Fen Drayton Pre-school for three years which provided me with a wealth of knowledge in managing and running a charitable early years setting.

    I look forward to working with the whole team at Fen Drayton Primary to continue to maintain standards and to further improve the school.

  • Jelena Oka
    LA Governor

    Jelena Oka

    I became a Local Authority (LA) Governor at Fen Drayton Primary School in July 2021.

    I always wanted to get involved with supporting education more actively. I dedicated 2021 to changes in my life and freeing some time for volunteering. In March 2021 I resigned from a job of eleven years to complete some of my long-postponed personal projects.

    Since then, I became a Fellow of IET, started painting again, travelled, began volunteering with STEM and School Governance. Above all, I prioritised devoting my energy and time to family, my nine-year-old daughter, and husband, and our amazing friends and family in Cambridge, UK, and abroad. I started my new job in October too.

    Our family moved from Farnborough to Cambridge in 2014, and we love the city. My daughter attended a local nursery and is nowadays in a central Cambridge school.

    Professionally chartered engineer and technical leader, in the LA Governor role, I would like to share my love for STEM and society, and the wealth of knowledge and experience from engineering consultancies, construction industry, and my management roles, with particular stress on the importance that we secure healthy and safe environments for our kids, alongside providing them with a variety of opportunities to empower them to thrive in Future and One world!

  • Vicky Hawkins
    Staff Governor

    Vicky Hawkins

  • Paul Cooper
    Governor

    Paul Cooper

    I have now been a member of the board of governors at Fen Drayton since 2017 and have served as Chair of the Resources and Infrastructure committee 2020-2024.


    My family and I are now happily settled in the village since moving in 2021, having previously elected to send our children to Fen Drayton Primary School, whilst living in a neighbouring village. I currently have two children in the school with two having left to move up to Swavesey Village College, having been a member of the school community since 2014.

    I am a Chartered Accountant and seek to use those skills to support our local village school.

  • Peter Kiss
    Governor

    Peter Kiss

    I became a member of the Board of Governors at Fen Drayton Primary School in September 2023.

    My family and I have been living in Fen Drayton since 2015 with both our children being raised in the village. As both of our children attend the local school, it feels right to try and find more ways to support the school. I was the Chair of the FDPS PTA for some time before handing the reins over, while staying as a Committee Member to continue to support future fundraising events activities.

    In professional life I’m a Project Manager and I’m planning to make use of my skills and knowledge in support of the School.

  • Hannah Johnson
    Governor

    Hannah Johnson

    After graduating from university, I completed the Teach First programme and since then I have worked as a primary school teacher for eight years across the independent and maintained sectors in both Staffordshire and Cambridgeshire. I am currently a class teacher and lead English across a small primary school in the centre of Cambridge. My husband and I recently moved to the village, and I am keen to use my experience within education to support the school and community to ensure that local children experience the best possible start to their education.

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Governors