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Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪
@amandauffendell.bsky.social
Irish, mum of three girls and wife of @rpuffendell.bsky.social

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Programme Lead & Network Facilitator - Whole Education. Strategic leadership of reading.

Former 2iC and KS3 Lead for English.

Alumnus of Queen's University, Belfast

Views my own.
A small but mighty team and steadfast in the belief that we can make education #BetterForEveryone

If you would like to join our ever-growing network then get in touch.

@wholeeducation.bsky.social
✉️ [email protected]

#IfNotUsWho
#Education
#WholeEducator
#Education
July 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hywel Roberts delivered a wonderful dinner speech, I caught up with some fantastic colleagues and @rpuffendell.bsky.social joined me at the conference as a speaker, sharing the fantastic work he and his team do at Ashton Park School.

@wholeeducation.bsky.social
#WholeEducation
#BetterForEveryone
July 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Our @wholeeducation.bsky.social #SummerConference was awesome. Two days packed full of incredible inputs, with over 1000 delegates and in a fabulous location.

Great to hear from Ron Berger.

#IfNotUsWho
#BetterForEveryone
#WholeEducation
#Education
July 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Find out more about how you can ensure a @wholeeducation.bsky.social for your students by contacting us on: [email protected]

#IfNotUsWho
#BetterForEveryone
#WholeEducation
#Education

Artwork credit: Mims and Family
July 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Happy birthday, you legend!
April 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Thank you so very much to everyone who has donated to Bo's fundraiser for @breastcancernow.bsky.social - thanks to your donations, she has smashed her target, as well as her 10k! ♥️
April 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our daughter is running 10k of the Cornish coastline today to raise money for @breastcancernow.bsky.social. If you can, you can help her meet her target by donating here: www.justgiving.com/page/bouffen...

@rpuffendell.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Look at who I get to appear with! 👀No pressure then! You can secure your place at the Reading Solutions International Reading Conference here: bit.ly/4278Xgc to hear from @jonnybid.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @timrasinski.bsky.social and more! 😲🤯

#Reading
April 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Thinking of those who, for whatever reason, find Mother's Day hard. 🤍
March 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Happy Eid to all those who celebrate!
March 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I saw a beautiful barn owl.
He was staring at me, eyes pleading.
Frozen.
Completely motionless, wings splayed and on the ground.
He'd been caught mid-flight.
I couldn't shake that sight. 😭
March 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I got to hear from the most amazing people, who gathered alongside delegates to raise voices and raise literacy! Maddy Barnes asked are we teaching reading the way we want to (and need to) or the way we have to (to the test). Jeffrey Boakye reminded us 'the world is not bespoke to our needs'...
March 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I attended the @literacy-trust.bsky.social #PriCon25 yesterday, and this converted NY school bus was the most delightful place to hang out. Serving children in Bradford, this story bus delivers intrigue, mystery, adventure, thrills, comedy...a reading space that excites and delights! 💛
March 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
With us, you are welcomed into a community that recognises there are no quick fixes or 🪄 for dealing with the complexities schools are navigating. Navigation through challenge and complexity is only made easier by those who share the way.

✉️ : [email protected].
#IfNotUsWho #Education
March 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hoping you have had a fab Paddy's weekend and that the day is full of craic and good fortune! 💚🤍🧡
March 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Happy World Book Day!

#WorldBookDay
March 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
February 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is beautiful. Bravo kids! 💚
February 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Reposted by Amanda Uffendell 🇮🇪
Teachers who are afforded the opportunity to build their knowledge and skills in a supportive environment see student reading achievement climb and they feel better about their teaching.
November 20, 2024 at 8:13 PM
@wholeeducation.bsky.social professional development framework for reading, Words for All, has been hard at work providing vital CPD for teachers for quite some time now, as well as supporting schools and trusts with the strategic leadership for reading.

✉️ [email protected] for more.
February 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Right everyone, we are moving away from 'requires improvement', 'good' and 'outstanding'. What have you got for me?'

"How about 'attention needed', 'strong' and 'exemplary'?"

"Perfect - totally different, but let's throw in more for good measure, oops, I mean 'strong' measure!"

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#OFSTED
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February 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
My colleague, @edfinch.bsky.social recently shared a blog that explored some of the assumptions we make in respect of off-site leadership opportunities - something we are keen to dig into here at @wholeeducation.bsky.social.
Does Ed's blog resonate? DMs are open - do get in touch!
January 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
January 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Whatever your role within a school/trust, this @wholeeducation.bsky.social report offers a fantastic insight to the operational leadership that exists within schools and trusts, so much of which, is rooted in the children and adults within those systems.

wholeeducation.org/a-constant-d...
A Constant Dance: A Study of Values-Based Leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts — Whole Education
Discover 'A Constant Dance,' a comprehensive study by Toby Greany and Eleanor Bernardes from the University of Nottingham of values-based leadership in Multi-Academy Trusts. Learn how five MATs balan...
wholeeducation.org
January 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM