Gareth Davies has worked for Rolls-Royce for 38 years in a variety of roles having started as an undergraduate apprentice in 1983 after completing his A levels at what was Bramcote Hills Grammar School at the time, most recently being Project Director of the Trent XWB engine on the Airbus A350 aircraft.
Gareth was brought up on the Bramcote Hills estate where his parents still live and attended Bramcote Hills Primary School and then Bramcote Hills Grammar School before graduating in Engineering at Cambridge University.
He is married to Caryn, a secondary languages teacher and father of Thomas, 8 years old, and lives just outside Keyworth. Having worked in industry all of his professional career but being from a family of school teachers, he is passionate about helping others from all backgrounds benefit from education and achieving their full potential.
Hi, my name is Neil Boulter, I’ve lived in and around Nottingham for the last 13 years and spend my time between work at Experian; (a long career in Information Security), and my family, who are far more fun and entertaining. I’m married to Elsa and we have two children, Max 11, who has just started at Alderman White and is loving it, and Poppy 9, who is at the Bramcote C of E, but can’t wait to do what her brother is doing.
We live just around the corner from Alderman White, and since we moved there in 2011, have seen the school grow in reputation and results massively. We were all impressed with the school when my son visited, and he was in no doubt as to where he wanted to go from that first visit.
I’ve spent many years in Security but have also done a lot of work in Risk, both operational and Strategic and spent some time managing Business Continuity for large organisations globally. All of these roles are fundamentally a pragmatic assessment of the level of risk that you are willing to accept, versus the amount of money you have to spend to reduce that risk to an acceptable level, and often it’s as much about making sure that investment reduces the most pressing risk.
I’m keen to support our local community and provide the best opportunities for my children and others in our local education system. As such it’d be a privilege to be able to support the WHP and continue the fantastic work that has been delivered to date.
Hi, my name is Matt Hallam and I work for the largest building society in the world, Nationwide. I’ve spent the last 18 years working for the Society, mainly in leadership roles.
My current role involves me leading large teams across our member facing teams. Having lead 90+ branches in our network, I now have the pleasure in leading some of our remote-based teams in our call centres. Whilst I bring significant operational leadership experience, I’m a father to three children and married to a teacher.
I’m a passionate believer in giving our young people the best start in life, hence my desire to be involved in the WHP Trust. Alongside my family and professional duties, I’m a keen sportsman. Earlier in my life, I played local non-league football to a good level and qualified as a Level 2 Football coach. In my latter years I’ve taken up the wonderful game of golf, where you might see me hacking a ball around the beautiful Wollaton Park on a Saturday morning.
Sue has over 30 years of experience in Education and is currently a Senior School Improvement Officer in a large multi-academy trust.
She has substantial teaching and leadership experience across a variety of secondary settings in three local authorities and has worked as a teaching and learning consultant supporting school improvement in the primary and secondary phases. Sue has also led a school improvement team within a Local Authority and as such has vast experience of working with schools in a variety of contexts but specifically in challenging circumstances and those with high levels of deprivation. Sue also has substantial experience of leading school inspections in both primary and secondary phases.
Sue is currently Vice Chair of the Trust and prior to this has experience of governance in both a primary and secondary school.
Jo has over 20 years of experience in education and is currently a Head of English and Lead Practitioner in a secondary school which forms part of a large multi-academy Trust.
She has taught English and Sociology in a variety of secondary schools in the Midlands and Yorkshire. Jo has held senior leadership posts with responsibility for Teaching and Learning and Staff Development for a number of years across different schools. She also has international teaching experience having spent time teaching English in the Middle East.
Previously, Jo held the role of Chair of Governors at our lead primary school Florence Nightingale Academy and has been part of their journey for over a decade.
Jo has three children all of school age and is passionate about ensuring that all young people have the opportunity to succeed irrespective of their background.
As former Headteacher and Executive Headteacher, I have experience of leadership, school-to-school support, and challenge together with coaching and mentoring to enable individuals to fulfil their potential.
Practice further deepened as a Director of Quality Assurance and School Improvement for many years in a large multi-academy Trust. Fulfilling the primary role of providing schools within with advice, challenge and guidance needed to improve, enabling all leaders to be relentless in providing the best opportunities, care and experiences for the children and staff in their care. Knowledge complemented by my role as Director of Programmes for Inspiring Leaders, where I had responsibility for design and delivery of leadership development, coaching and adult learning at all levels, positively impacting the outcomes for staff and young people.
Currently I work as a full-time consultant undertaking a wide variety of national, regional, local and individual commissions with a broad number of partners, the most significant of which currently is as the National MAT Partnerships Lead for The Church of England’s Foundation of Educational Leadership.
In addition to this I am an accredited coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), working extensively both in this capacity and as a mentor to senior leaders in the education sphere and beyond.
I am driven by the unshakeable belief that if we want our young people and those responsible for them to flourish then we must equip our leaders to genuinely thrive.
Having worked within Nottinghamshire School Settings for 26 years holding various roles within Special Educational Needs Departments (SEND), I became Chair of Governors at Foxwood Academy in 2019, and thoroughly enjoy the role and the challenge that it brings.
During my time at Bramcote Park I set up and managed the Student Support Centre, which supported pupils with a range of educational, emotional and medical needs. During my time there I also held the roles of Deputy Senco and SENCO.
In 2010 I went onto Rushcliffe School in West Bridgford and co lead the SEND Department until in 2015 I made the decision to leave my career in education and become more involved in our family run business. My current roles within the business are accounting and human resources.
During my spare time I like to spend time gardening and enjoying visiting National Trust properties.
Dr Paul Heery has been the Chief Executive Officer of the White Hills Park Trust since 2014, and brings a wealth of experience from a variety of different roles within the Education sector.
A former Headteacher at a variety of schools both primary and secondary level, including taking over and improving three schools in Ofsted Category 4 and one in Special Measures. Paul is also a former LA School Improvement Adviser.
