Kate Magliocco is Regional Director at Ark for London and Portsmouth primary schools. She started in September 2020.

Previously, Kate was Executive Principal at Harris Federation where she had been since 2013 as Principal of Harris Academy Kenley. In 2017, following the successful leadership of a cluster of three primary academies (Kenley, Benson and Haling). Kate also managed Harris Purley Way, Peckham Park and Peckham Free, as well as Philip Lane. 

Katie joined Ark in 2006, just before the first Ark school opened, and since then has undertaken a number of different roles including Projects Director, responsible for growing the schools network, and Operations Director. Katie now oversees Ark Ventures and is the Managing Director of Ark Start, which operates two nurseries in South London with plans to expand quickly over the coming years.