Education recruiter Veritas Education Recruitment launched a month ago by former Synergy chief executive Philip Poole has made several new appointments.

Ashley Fielding has joined as secondary manager along with Joshua Hayes as primary manager and Jo Bennett as support/special education needs manager.

Meanwhile the firm has also appointed three senior consultants in Keizha Armstrong covering support/special education, Paige Ferro for primary school placements and Alex McKenzie for secondary school placements.