Brunel Education Trustees (ID 1140)

• William Wyldbore-Smith
  Member and Trustee
  William Wyldbore-Smith

  Member and Trustee; Brunel Academies Trust (Brunel) Board Chairman, Brunel Education Board Trustee. Retired partner in Thrings LLP, Solicitors ; High Sheriff of Wiltshire 2013-14. Trustee of various charitable organisations including the Wiltshire Community Foundation (retired October 2019), Marlborough College Foundation (retired 2019), Plum Layton Charitable Trust, Westcountry Rivers Trust, Maud Heath Trust, Bremhill Village Hall Trust, Vice-President Community First Wiltshire, Vice Patron of Wiltshire Victoria History Society, and Patron of Uplands Enterprise Trust. Appointed as Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2019.

• Jackie Fieldwick (nee Smith) MBE
  Trustee and CEO
  Jackie Fieldwick (nee Smith) MBE

  Trustee and CEO of the Brunel Academies Trust and Brunel Education, previously Secondary Maths teacher; Maths Lead for Residential BESD school; SENCO; Head of Inclusion; Deputy Headteacher; Headteacher. Head Teacher and Executive Head Teacher of Uplands School (Ofsted “outstanding” 2014 and 2017 & TES School of the Year 2015); CEO, Principal Trustee and founder of Uplands Enterprise Trust (UET); opened 19-25 Specialist post-16 institution (Horizons College); developed UET farm provision; developed local Supported Internship Programme; Chair of Association of Swindon Special School Headteachers (2012-14); Former Chair of Special Educational Needs Resourcing Panel; Conference delivery 'Setting Up Alternative Provision', Bespoke training to school leaders 'Developing Funding Streams', Leadership & Management mentoring for new leaders; Schools Forum (2014-present); Vice Chair of School’s Forum (2016-2018), Former Chair of School’s Forum (2018-2021), member of School’s Forum (2021); Member of SEND Strategic Board, High Needs Debt Recovery Group Member, Swindon Inclusion Forum Executive Member, F40 Executive Committee Member (2018 – present), SEND Representative for the Regional Education Partnership Board; Education Representative on the Swindon Safeguarding Partnership Executive (2019 – present), Member of the South West SEND Strategic Group, Member of the Department for Education’s Advisory Board.Jackie owns several horses and spends most of her spare time in a horse lorry, driving her daughter around the country to compete in show jumping events.

• Joe Szymankski
  Trustee
  Joe Szymankski

  Trustee Brunel Education, Member of the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee; Co-opted Governor for St Marys Primary School in Swindon. Joe is a retired Cost & Management Accountant who has worked in the Precious metals, Food, Chemicals, Telecoms, Software industries and NHS. Joe is also a volunteer at a heritage railway and has interests in travelling.

• Hayley Reeve
  Trustee
  Hayley Reeve

  Trustee of Brunel Education,Qualified CIMA accountant (ACMA, CGMA) with 15 years post-qualified finance experience, working for a number of large organisations. Currently working at Zurich, a Global Insurance company within the UK Finance function, based in Swindon. Skills and experience include working with Global teams from a diverse background, managing and forecasting income and expenditure, evaluating project business cases and overall strategy, leading teams, and supporting and challenging the business on their financial delivery. In addition, Hayley leads the Finance Internship Programme at Zurich, is a Mentor, an ISC Executive member and actively studying on a L7 Executive Leadership Programme.

  Outside of work, Hayley is a Level 2 Netball Sports Coach, a Level 2 Fitness Instructor and teaches a weekly Group Cycle class.At weekends, Hayley and her husband enjoy supporting their twin boys who play, what feels like, every sport possible.

• Gareth Appleby-Thomas
  Trustee
  Gareth Appleby-Thomas

• Jenny Bayliss
  Trustee
  Jenny Bayliss

  Jenny studied textiles at Brighton University and has worked in Paris, Germany, and London before becoming a mum to two boys. Jenny eldest son has autism with a severe learning difficulty and attended Exeter House Special School until 2018. He now attends a social care farm setting with funded PA support. Jenny also has a younger sibling with Cerebral Palsy.

  Jenny became a Parent Governor at Exeter House in 2008, and later Chair. Jenny has also been Interim Chair at the Primary (St Marks and Wyndham Park) as well as a Trustee. Jenny’s main interests are Autism with complex needs, Quality of Education, Transition into Adult Life, Inclusion and hearing the voice of our young people.

  Jenny works part time as a gallery assistant for the New Art Centre, a large independent sculpture park near Salisbury and has freelanced for their Educational Trust. Jenny enjoys walking in the countryside with her family and dogs, running, baking cakes and spending time on her allotment.