Katherine Cowell
Katherine Cowell started in her role as Regional Director for the North East in July 2022 as part of a change programme within the Department of Education to bring improvement and intervention in SEND and CSC together with the stewardship of the schools system.
Prior to this Katherine was Regional Schools Commissioner for North in May 2020, following an interim position since July 2019.
Katherine is an experienced civil servant with a broad range of experience including:
an area director within the Cities and Local Growth Unit
FE and skills policy
an education advisor in the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit