Kate Dethridge
Dame Kathleen Dethridge, DBE, known as Kath Dethridge, is a British educator.Biography
Kathleen Caldon was born in Barking, Essex, in 1962, the daughter of Frederick and Patricia Caldon. After attending Brentwood Ursuline Convent, she studied at Durham University, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in Geography. She subsequently received a postgraduate certificate in education from the University.
Caldon became a teacher in 1985 and married Rod Dethridge the following year. In 1988, she became a deputy head teacher and in 1998 became head teacher of Churchend Primary School in Reading. She has been an Ofsted Inspector since 2000 and has sat on several of its reform groups since 2011; she was also a school improvement adviser between 2005 and 2010, was a national leader of education in 2008, and has been the associate director of the National Education Trust since 2011. In 2015, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
