Wey Education plc announced the appointment of Dame Erica Pienaar, as a Non-executive Director of the company. Tom Scott, currently Chief Operating Officer of the company's subsidiary, Zail Enterprises Limited, also joins the Board of Wey Education as an Executive Director. Both appointments are effective from 20 February 2015. Erica has had a long and distinguished career in education.

Until her retirement in September 2013, she was Executive Head Teacher of the Leathersellers' Federation of Schools. Tom Scott joined Wey Education in 2012, initially as a consultant and then as a full time employee from October 2012. Tom is a Founding Director of the Southwark Free Schools Trust. Tom acted as Project Lead for the Southwark Free School and Harpenden Free School, both two form entry primary schools, which opened in September 2012.

More recently he supported the Heyford Park Free School and the Nanaksar Primary School which opened in September 2013.