The School Transition Board are volunteers and our main role is to work with the school ensuring that your children receive the best education in a supportive and safe setting.
Essentially, the role involves being part of a like-minded group of individuals, with as diverse set of skills; knowledge; and experience as possible to support and challenge the Schools’ Senior Leadership Team where appropriate. The shared goal is to ensure delivery of the Schools’ strategic objectives that include curriculum development, financial management and safeguarding, and as a result leads to the achievement of the best possible outcomes for all our pupils.
To find out more about our School Transition Board members, and for copies of our STB minutes and annual report, please see our other STB pages on this website. If you would like to contact us, or any of our fellow governors, please do so via email at governors@jrs.w-berks.sch.uk.
Chair of STB, John Rankin Schools
| Term of Office: | 11/1/2026 – 31/8/2026 |
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| Responsibilities: | Providing strategic oversight and leadership of the STB in collaboration with co-chair. |
| Term of Office: | 1/1/2026 – 31/8/2026 |
| Declaration of Interests: | Husband is headteacher at Winchcombe School and a member of the Academy Trust of St Bartholomew’s School |
| Meeting attendance: | 6/7 FGB, 5/6 R&P |
| Experience: | Qualified Solicitor since 2006- A variety of roles working In-house for Local Authorities, Legal Services Board, and in the commercial sector in telecoms and tech. Experience in advising on education law including safeguarding matters and SEND. Experience in advising on commercial matters. Two daughters who attended John Rankin and are now at a local secondary school. |
| Responsibilities: | Member of Resources and Premises Committee and providing strategic oversight and leadership of the governing body in collaboration with co-chair. |
| Term of Office: | 1/1/2026 |
| Declaration of Interests: | None |
| Meeting attendance: | 8/8 FGB, 6/6 R&P, 3/3 T&L |
| Experience: | I have been in education for 20 years, starting out as a teaching assistant in an EBD school near Birmingham Before joining John Rankin Schools, I was headteacher at Crowmarsh Gifford in Oxfordshire for 9 years I am also an Executive of the Talk Teachers Radio Station and also host their Saturday show twice a month |
| Responsibilities: | Member of all committees |
| Term of Office: | 1/1/2026 – 31/8/2026 |
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| Term of Office: | 1/1/2026 – 31/8/2026 |
| Declaration of Interests: | Trustee of Maiden Erlegh Trust |
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