Cat Davison

Founder / CEO

Cat (Catherine) Davison is a teacher turned social entrepreneur, working alongside grassroots educators to reimagine education through community leadership, participatory design, and technology.

After studying Philosophy at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where she also represented the university in hockey and football, Cat later completed a Management MA, a PGCE with Qualified Teacher Status, and an MA in International Development and Education at UCL. Combining a lifelong passion for education and sport, she spent 11 years teaching Religious Studies, Philosophy and Critical Thinking while coaching young people both in and beyond the classroom in sports and social entrepreneurship.

Alongside her teaching career, Cat built a nationwide citizenship education network across the UK, designed social leadership programmes and curricula, and pioneered a whole-school approach to social change education as Director of the Institute of Service and Partnerships at Sevenoaks School. Under her leadership, the Institute’s work was shortlisted for two national Tes Awards. In 2021, she was also named one of two UK finalists for the Varkey Foundation $1 million Global Teacher Prize.

Today, Cat leads EduSpots, the NGO she founded in partnership with more than 400 local changemakers who co-create and sustain over 50 inclusive, tech-enabled community learning spaces across Ghana, Kenya, and beyond. Built on principles of local ownership, active citizenship, and peer learning, EduSpots empowers community leaders to design and lead high-quality educational opportunities while modelling participatory, student-centred approaches that strengthen schools and communities alike.

EduSpots has been recognised through its selection for the 2026 Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship, the 2024–2026 Dovetail Impact Foundation Africa Accelerator Portfolio, and the 2025 Theirworld Education Innovation Award Scale-up Programme.

Cat’s is a 2025 UNESCO Youth for Peace Young Leader, a 2024 Gratitude Network Fellow, and a 2023 participant in the Ashoka Changemakers Everywhere Academy. Earlier recognitions include being shortlisted for the Pearson Education Lockdown Hero and Learner Award, the Big Change Big Education Challenge, and the Unilever Young Social Entrepreneur Award.