03 Profile
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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Learning disability & autism
Kate Davies: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Kate Davies
Head teacher of Ash Lea Academy
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press citations on 2 topics since 8 Sept 2026 · last quoted 18 Sept 2026
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Kate Davies: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Head teacher of Ash Lea Academy
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 18 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Kate Davies sits on learning disability & autism
Ranked 50= of 100 voices quoted in the press on learning disability & autism, level with 50 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Jon SparkesSector leaderChief Executive, Royal Mencap Society22 - 2
Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)14 - 3=
Sir Simon WesselyAcademicRegius Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London8 - 50=Fazilet HadiSector leaderhead of policy at the charity Disability Rights UK1
- 50=Maria PrincipeSector leaderexecutive director of commissioning at the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board1
- 50=Kate DaviesSector leaderHead teacher of Ash Lea Academy1
- 50=Dr Philippa KayeClinicianDoctor1
- 50=Dr Sameer JauharClinicianclinical associate professor in affective disorders and psychosis at Imperial College London1
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 50=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Kate Davies has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.co.uk1
- shropshirestar.com1
Where Kate Davies has been quoted
- 01SEND school embraces new 'risky play' schemebbc.co.uk · 18 Sept 2026
- 02Mum describes life as 'endless cycle of pain and appointments' until diagnosisshropshirestar.com · 8 Sept 2026
Verbatim
“Our pupils have a huge range of abilities and needs, and therefore we had to think about something for everyone, not just a small group of pupils.”
“Studies repeatedly show women are more likely to have pain attributed to stress, anxiety or hormones before physical causes are explored. In busy GP surgeries and overstretched hospitals, these assumptions can quietly shape consultations without clinicians even realising it.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.