Sue Lovelock
Biography
Sue is the Interim Regional Director for the West Midlands, starting the role in July 2025.
She previously served as Director of Teaching Workforce: Candidates, Trainees, Strategy, Portfolio and Analysis at the Department for Education (DfE) and Director, Professional and Technical Education, at the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA).
Sue joined the civil service in 2003 and has also held roles at the:
- Department for Transport (DfT)
- Department for Education
- Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG)
Interim Regional Director for West Midlands
The Interim Regional Director for the West Midlands is responsible for working locally across children’s social care, SEND, schools and area-based programmes to improve outcomes for children, families and learners. They are responsible for making decisions in the following local authorities:
- Birmingham
- Coventry
- Dudley
- Herefordshire, County of
- Sandwell
- Shropshire
- Solihull
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- Walsall
- Warwickshire
- Wolverhampton
- Worcestershire
More information about the responsibilities of regional directors is available.
Read about the West Midlands advisory board.
If you have any questions, email the regional director’s office rg.wm@education.gov.uk.
Previous roles in government
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Director, Professional and Technical Education, ESFA