Register of Business Interests 2025

About Us / Our Governing Body

Please use the table below to view Register of Business Interests for the members of the School Transition Board

Register of Business Interests 2025

Name of Member 

Relevant business interests 

Any other charity/educational establishments governed 

Relationships with the school staff including spouses, partners & relatives 

Flora Cooper 

Director of Burn Brighter Ltd, 1:1 Coaching 

Member of NAHT and Chartered College of Teaching 

None 

Executive Headteacher at JRS 

Jonathon Peck 

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants 

Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute 

Member, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) 

None 

CEO of Maiden Erlegh Trust 

Partner is an employee of Maiden Erlegh Trust 

Jane Williams 

None 

None 

None 

Paddy Bullard 

Professor of English Literature & Head of Dept, University of Reading 

Director of DG Bullard Ltd 

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts 

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 

Trustee of Autism Berkshire 

Committee Member of Museum of English Rural Life 

None 

Deborah McCarthy 

Director of Curriculum at Lift Schools 

Interim Standards Board member at Lift Maltings, Essex 

Parent of children at John Rankin Junior School 

Partner is Head of School at Castle School, Newbury 

Emma Percy 

Member of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority 

Member of the Academy Trust of St Bartholomew’s School 

Trustee of Newbury Youngstars 

None 

Husband is Headteacher at Winchcombe Primary School