Angela O'Donoghue

Principal, City of Sunderland College, represents College Principals and Sunderland 14-19 Local Partnership

Angela is Principal of City of Sunderland College, which is one of the largest FE colleges in the country.  She was previously the Principal of Bsix Sixth Form College Brooke House, based in Hackney, which was the first new college to be established in the country for over a decade and opened in September 2002.  Prior to that Angela was the Director of Curriculum and then Acting Principal of Wigan and Leigh College.  Before moving to Wigan, Angela worked for seventeen years in a variety of roles at Liverpool Community College.

She is a member of the Education Leadership Board, the City of Sunderland Partnership, the Children’s Trust Strategic Partnership and the Sunderland Learning Partnership.  She is a governor of the University of Sunderland and a member of the North East Region Equality and Diversity Steering Group.  She has a national reputation for her work with students with learning difficulties and disabilities and basic skills.