Sue is an experienced Additional Inspector and an independent educational consultant as well an experienced infant teacher, her specialist area being Primary Education including the Early Years Foundation Stage. Sue taught for twenty-seven years, in infant and primary schools, including almost seven years as a headteacher.

Sue’s inspection experience is extensive and varied having participated in more than 400 inspections over 19 years.  Sue has reported on all subjects and areas covered in the different Ofsted frameworks.

Sue has worked in schools abroad including New York and Dubai, focusing on EYFS and KS1 and still works for several local schools helping them with self evaluation activities and preparing for inspection.

Hereward has previously chaired both the Achievement & Standards and Resources Committees and has been a Governor at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School for over 10 years. His qualifications include Bachelor of Laws, Barrister and Chartered Accountant. Hereward’s extensive commercial experience as a finance director helps him to identify and focus on the key factors essential to make progress in achieving an organisation’s objectives, and gives him some insight into the difficulties encountered in complex management structures such as schools. His financial management experience is very useful to the Trust in the current financial climate. He has also overseen the IT and HR functions in organisations, and is accustomed to the management and use of critical secure data in accounting, CRM and ERM systems. Overall his broad experience helps him to understand the importance of factors beyond academic grades in getting employment, developing a career and making a success of life.

Keith was a Foundation Governor of the Old Trust at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School serving as Chair of the Achievement and Standards Committee for 2 of those years. Before retiring in 2009, he was a teacher at QEGS joining the school in 1978 and was Head of Maths for 18 years. Keith’s daughter and step children all attended the school before continuing their education at University and are now successfully pursuing their chosen careers. Before her retirement in 2016, Keith’s wife also taught at the school.

Keith is also active in the local community, living in Ashbourne and being an Executive Officer of Clifton Cricket Club which has a large and successful Junior Section. He maintains a keen interest in education and is pleased to be bringing his long experience to the role of Trustee.

Phil is a Chartered Accountant and a business advisor working with a wide range of companies.   He specialises in finance and corporate governance and works with a group of colleagues with diverse skills in order to provide a complete service to clients.   In this role he is a Director of UK Business Advisors Limited and Chair of Midland Group Business Advisors.

Until recently he was a Director and latterly Chair of the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce which supports over 4,200 businesses in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.   Prior to this he ran businesses in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and prior to this served as the Finance Director for companies across the north of England.

His passion is to help young people develop their skills so they are prepared for a life in their chosen career.   To support this aim he is a member of the North Derbyshire Area Board of Young Enterprise.

Sara is a serving Headteacher of a large Special School in Derbyshire. She has over 25 years of experience in this sector of education with over 15 years of this in Senior Leadership roles. Sara achieved an outstanding grade for Leadership & Management in the school’s most recent Ofsted inspection.

Sara first became involved with QEGSMAT in November 2018 when she took on the role of Chair of Governors for City of Derby Academy.  Sara feels that this experience – providing leadership to the governing body and ensuring that all involved fulfilled their functions for the proper governance of the school will be valuable in the role of Trustee.

Sara also firmly believes that her leadership experience in consistently striving for and ensuring outstanding outcomes for young people with a wide range of starting points will be of benefit to the Trust.

Nick initially worked as a commercial manager in the construction industry and then progressed on to project management and later asset management and investment.  His teams in the UK & Ireland were responsible for several billion pounds worth of social infrastructure assets including over 50 schools, various other public buildings, motorways, tunnels and bridges.  Nick was a director of over 40 companies chairing many of those company boards.  He has long had an interest in developing people and took responsibility for training and personal development in his company as well as quality management and the health, safety and wellbeing functions.  During his career Nick worked on the formation and launch of several joint ventures and the setting up of new ventures including a social enterprise – of which he was particularly proud.  Nick is Chair of Governors at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School and previously chaired the wellbeing sub-committee.