Lord Knight of Weymouth

Lord Knight of Weymouth's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Knight of Weymouth. His name is James Philip Knight, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.

Registered Interests

Registered Interests for Lord Knight of Weymouth.

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Category 1: Directorships

  • Director, Suklaa Ltd (educational consultancy); clients are Nord Anglia Education (international school provider); Blackbaud Europe (formerly EVERFI Ltd) (helping companies engage with schools through provision of learning content); Third Bridge Group (investment research) (interest ceased 17 April 2024); IRIS Software Group (interest ceased 17 April 2024); Charter School Capital (investing in school buildings) (interest ceased 25 February 2024), Good Notes (developing note-taking software), ArborEducation (suppliers of management information systems to schools) (interest ceased 2 July 2024); The Edwin Group (suppliers of software and staffing services for schools) and Political Engagement Ltd (data and intelligence business)
  • Chair, Board of Directors, (previously Non-executive Director), Century-Tech Limited (edtech company using AI and neuroscience to deliver individualised learning for children in support of the teacher; payment made to Suklaa Ltd – see Category 1)
  • Chair, Board of Directors, Council of British International Schools (COBIS)
  • Chair of the Board and Non-executive Director, STEM Learning Ltd (not for profit company which provides science, maths and computer science continuous professional development for teachers and runs national STEM ambassadors programme)

Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

  • Member, Qualifications Advisory Board, Pearson plc (publishing and education)
  • Senior Adviser to DGA Group Ltd (global advisory firm) (advising staff of agency in their public affairs work; payment made to Suklaa Ltd – see Category 1)

Category 3: Person with significant control of a company (PSC)

  • Suklaa Ltd (educational consultancy)

Category 4: Shareholdings (a)

  • Suklaa Ltd (educational consultancy)

Category 10: Non-financial interests (a)

  • Director, Educate Ventures Research Limited (edtech accelerator programme)

Category 10: Non-financial interests (b)

  • Visiting Professor, London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, University of London

Category 10: Non-financial interests (e)

  • Chair, Trustee and Director, E-ACT (multi-academy trust)
  • Trustee, Good Future Foundation (charity aiming to improve teacher understanding of AI)