Our Trustees.
Unlocking Potential. Fostering Equity. Changing Lives.
Katy
Baker
Trustee I am a consultant working with charities and non-profits and supported Challenging Education to set up AEF. My career started as a Youth Worker and I care passionately about social equality and providing opportunities for young people to achieve their potential.
Luke
Bramhall
Trustee I have spent my career championing children’s rights and youth participation. I believe In the voice of the child and the Importance of using this voice to Influence positive change. CEO of an amazing local charity called Newcastle Carers, supporting the Incredible unpaid carers who prop up our communities, and offer such love and compassion for their loved ones.
Jenny
Ford
Trustee Jennifer Ford is Headteacher of Treorchy, a large Comprehensive School in the Rhondda. Prior to this, Jennifer was the Head of Pentrehafod School in Swansea. Both schools are proud to be RADY schools and she has a real passion for inclusion and belonging for all… what the Welsh call CYNEFIN. Jennifer trained as an English teacher and loves words and the power of language. She is also a keen runner and takes part in Park Runs and marathons. Jennifer has a grown up family, a geographer husband and a loving but badly behaved rescue dog.
Mark
Highfield
Trustee I have worked in a senior finance capacity within the education sector for over twenty years. Since 2017 I have been Chief Financial Officer for a Multi Academy Trust currently comprising four special schools in Staffordshire. I wanted to use my personal and sector experience to work within the Achieve Equity Foundation to provide targeted support to disadvantaged young people.
Dave
Hollomby
Trustee & Creator of RADY Dave taught for twenty years in secondary schools in Knowsley and Liverpool, before becoming a local authority adviser. In 2012, he created the RADY project, which supports schools to demonstrate, through the pupil-level targets they set, equal expectations for both children from poorer backgrounds and other pupils. This is because differences in school expectations are a major factor causing the attinment gaps. He continues to work closely with Challenging Education in the area of RADY.
Martin
Illingworth
Trustee Senior Lecturer in Education at Sheffield Hallam University, consultant teacher with The National Association for the Teaching of English and Associate Speaker with Independent Thinking. Martin is a leading voice in English education today with a passionate belief that what your students need is an education that offers them hope.
Ben
Kyte
Trustee I have been working in trusts and foundations fundraising for over 10 years. I previously worked as a fundraiser for a national children’s charity. I love adding value to our clients’ work and using words to make a difference to people’s lives.
It Could
Be YOU
Intersted in
Joining us
Our trustees are always keen to hear from individuals who would be interested in supporting the AEF mission.
If that’s you, get in touch today.
