Andy Buffham

@liamkeith84 Understandable but I know you will be awesome 👍

@buffham_andy Cheers buddy. I’m nervous and excited in equal measure at the moment

And that’s it. After nearly 8 years I’m onto new adventures. Worked with some amazing children, families and teachers over the years and gonna miss all of them

@liamkeith84 Sounds fantastic. Congratulations this is very well deserved and you will be amazing-well done mate !! 🎉😊

@buffham_andy Going to be ‘Senior Teacher’ at a village school just outside Corby. Bit of a jump up from what I’m doing at the moment. Exciting but scary as well

@BWTrustCPD Sounds inspiring! @bwtleadership always has such great speakers - glad to hear the great work continues 😊

We were delighted to welcome Cathie Paine to speak at the Leadership Academy last night. Cathie, CEO of Reach2 Academy Trust (reach2.org), inspired her audience by speaking about her amazing leadership journey and the values that drive her forward. Thank you Cathie!

@primaryteachew @LouisaAllen saw this and thought you would love it!

How to: make a tunnel book ✨ I’m not great at voiceover videos but so many people DM’d and asked how to make these I thought it would be the easiest way! Hope it helps 👏🏻🥰

@BWTrustCPD @beckylou1980 @KathyAugustDBE Dame Kathy’s experiences really are inspirational !

It was an absolute pleasure to welcome Dame Kathy August @KathyAugustDBE to speak at the BWT Leadership Academy last night. She inspired everyone by sharing her leadership experiences & the wisdom gained in taking a failing school from inadequate to outstanding. Thank you Kathy!

@leighwol @SilhouetteYtc @FavellShopping @TheRSC @RSC_Learning Whoop… this will be amazing 🤩

The day has finally come! For the next four nights two casts from @SilhouetteYtc will perform their version of the Tempest @FavellShopping All of these young people were introduced to Shakespeare by the work we do with @TheRSC @RSC_Learning and this had led to this production!

@jaydav20 Indeed it is Jay… every interaction an opportunity to complement or diminish the intended culture and climate. A complex beast!

Leadership is a huge privilege and responsibility…with so many elements, layers and interconnections it’s hard to get right! Your actions don’t always achieve what you intended. #intentvsperception

@liamkeith84 Sounds like a positive day Liam… you’ve always known what you are talking about!

Sometimes it’s really lovely to find out you might actually know what you’re talking about. Surprised me as much as anyone

@BWTrustCPD @CTaboadaNaya Would have loved to have heard this… @CTaboadaNaya is always an inspiration !

We were very pleased to welcome @CTaboadaNaya to the BWT Leadership Academy last night. She spoke about the early days of her Headship at NSG, giving a very honest account of the challenges and successes of her leadership journey. An inspirational session - thank you Cristina!

Be humble, never assume, ask, really listen and be kind #leadership #moralcompass

@jaydav20 @NSGalerts Good luck on your adventures in Devon Jay!

@MrR_Storey @Ambition_Inst Congratulations 🥳

As a leader, your actions determine the culture in your school. Even when you are tired, stressed and under pressure, the things you say and do impact on how people feel and the climate you create. Leadership is a huge privilege and responsibility #listening #caring

THE CALL Imagine having a really important interview that you’ve prepared years for and you badly want to ace. You’ve worked as hard as you could and have committed your life to it. Imagine every night going to bed, wondering if it’ll be the next day. But it doesn’t come that next day, the next month or even the next year. The pressure builds and you start to jump when the phone goes between 10am-12pm every day, ready to drop everything for the interview to start. Imagine knowing that when it finally does come that there’s a good chunk of luck involved and it’ll depend on who interviews you on that day and what they happen to focus on and see. Imagine praying for one of the good interviewers but you end up with one of the bad ones, who doesn’t listen and has their own agenda but there’s nothing you can do about it. Imagine it leaves you in pieces and everyone know it’s not fair, but, so be it, and all that will now come your way. Imagine knowing that that you can’t tell anyone the outcome of the interview, and you have to carry that around, on your own, for what feels like forever. Imagine what that does to a person. Imagine a better way.

A great opportunity to work in an amazing school in Peterborough 👇🏻