End of term. Didn’t think I would see this whilst on duty at the end of the day! Love our kids at our school.

Views on my run

I am still going!!

The weather was lush! Great views on my afternoon duty walk/spot to wave our children goodbye for the evening.

One small win. That’s the whole post. 🕯️ Social media often feels like a race to the top, but sometimes the best thing we can do for our network is to highlight the small stuff. I’m starting the #PassTheLight challenge for the next 30 days. The Rules: 1. 1/3

One small win. That’s the whole post. 🕯️ Social media often feels like a race to the top, but sometimes the best thing we can do for our network is to highlight the small stuff. I’m starting the #PassTheLight challenge for the next 30 days. The Rules: 1. 1/3

One small win. That’s the whole post. 🕯️ Social media often feels like a race to the top, but sometimes the best thing we can do for our network is to highlight the small stuff. I’m starting the #PassTheLight challenge for the next 30 days. The Rules: 1. 1/3

#ultrarunner #ultrarunning

Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay . Thank you for everything you do. Thank you to all the women who have made a huge difference to my own life, professionally, personally and of course , my amazing mum, my incredible wife and my strong, happy and powerful daughters.

Cousin Jack Ultra completed. Really tough day out after weeks of family and my own illness; very little training, but still got it done. Humbled I can do these things! 35 miles and 7000ft of climbing. Cornwall was lush! @WeAreERC @TeachersRunClub @teacher5aday

One small win. That’s the whole post. 🕯️ Social media often feels like a race to the top, but sometimes the best thing we can do for our network is to highlight the small stuff. I’m starting the #PassTheLight challenge for the next 30 days. The Rules: 1. 1/3

One small win. That’s the whole post. 🕯️ Social media often feels like a race to the top, but sometimes the best thing we can do for our network is to highlight the small stuff. I’m starting the #PassTheLight challenge for the next 30 days. The Rules: 1. 1/3

One small win. That’s the whole post. 🕯️ Social media often feels like a race to the top, but sometimes the best thing we can do for our network is to highlight the small stuff. I’m starting the #PassTheLight challenge for the next 30 days. The Rules: 1. 1/3

One small win. That’s the whole post. 🕯️ Social media often feels like a race to the top, but sometimes the best thing we can do for our network is to highlight the small stuff. I’m starting the #PassTheLight challenge for the next 30 days. The Rules: 1. 1/3

One small win. That’s the whole post. 🕯️ Social media often feels like a race to the top, but sometimes the best thing we can do for our network is to highlight the small stuff. I’m starting the #PassTheLight challenge for the next 30 days. The Rules: 1. 1/3

One small win. That’s the whole post. 🕯️ Social media often feels like a negative place, but sometimes the best thing we can do for ourselves and humanity is to highlight the small stuff. I’m starting the #PassTheLight challenge for the next 30 days. The Rules: 1/3

Are #spurs genuinely in trouble? Where are their points going to come from? Any of the bottom 5 could go. Thank god we aren’t involved in that mess down there #EFC

Keeping going!

Well - that’s been fun. Family had norovirus over half term and thought I dodged it! Hit me hard Sunday evening! Hope to be back in work Thursday after a horrendous few days. Gutted to miss the start of term.

I mentioned balance in earlier posts. Lovely start to the week in cornwall; from Monday onwards we have battled our way through norovirus! Not pleasant from Monday onwards, but hoping we are coming toward end and back to normality. #family #balance

11 weeks today I am taking on the Wes country ultra 100 miler to raise money for Force Cancer charity. If you can donate or share - it would be greatly appreciated www.justgiving.com/page/richard...

Seals! All enjoying a nice snooze. Last lovely walk before heading home. Managed to get back to the car just before heavens opened up properly! Thank you cornwall for a lovely few days.

Needed!! It has been a really busy 2026 so far. Lots of personal stuff and lots of work stuff. Love and embrace it all - and a real privilege to experience all those different challenges and pressures. It just means something is expected of you. 1/4

Amazing! Morning view with our brekkie #StIves #TimeTogether #Balance

A very busy week. Driving to Loughborough for our ASCL council meeting which was superb. Really strong work across the sector and showing we are the adult in the room. Then a long drive via home so Mrs U and I can have a weekend away together is St Ives.

As I complete my third year of Headship I have some capacity to offer support/mentoring to 1/2 aspiring leaders, particularly those under represented such as women and BAME colleagues. If interested, feel free to get in touch. #HeforShe #Ally #HelpOthers

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

Look what our amazing students, in partnership with UWE, have created for our #community @ascl-uk.bsky.social

Cousin Jack Ultra on the incredible Cornish coast path. Brilliant event by Bys Vyken. I exorcised some Arc 50 demons too. #Ultrarunning #Ultrarunner #Grit #Mindset

13 mendip miles on this mornings run @therunchat.com #trailtunning

Good plod today. A solid weeks training! Pleased.

My middle daughter is doing 10k for Breast Cancer. If you are happy to share it would be appreciated. Bo is 13. Thanks all - www.justgiving.com/page/bouffen...

Love this #EFC

Still going …

Still going …

Appointed an absolutely fabulous Head of Maths today! Exciting times! Great that we could have appointed 3 very strong candidates too! #Teaching #Schools

Edition 383 done and dusted Splash: Sector has its say on Ofsted report cards Analysis: who are the 600 ‘stuck’ schools? Investigation: MAT central teams get bigger Scoop: Trust boss offers defamation support to staff Opinions: Governance, workload, Ofsted, inclusion

Get in!!! #EFC #UTFT #IMWT Great to see us actually being competitive!

This is excellent by @sendmattersuk.bsky.social on ‘Inclusion in every mainstream setting’. It is an appropriate but really challenging aim. Gary shares why, but also ways forward: sendmatters.co.uk/2024/11/11/i...

Fab conversation listening to educational royalty @tomrees.bsky.social @jonnyuttley.bsky.social #IncludEd25

Looking forward to this! @thedifference2025.bsky.social @amelie-thompson.bsky.social @ascl-uk.bsky.social #IncludEd25

Up at 5.10am - not running though 😢. Off to the UCL for @thedifference2025.bsky.social #IncludEd25 conference. #AlwaysLearning #EduSky #Inclusion

Another 45 miles in 7 days. Solid few weeks of training. Ready for the Arc 50. Nearly beaten the lurgy. Love the #Trails

45 miles in last 7 days. Cut today’s run a bit shorter as I battle the lurgy! Pleased with this training block. Arc 50 is on the Horizon #Running #TrailRunning

Another 11 or so miles. 36 for the week. Another solid training week! Even with a bit of lurgy! Pleased! #trailrunning #running

Nearly 40 miles bagged in the last 7 days. Enjoying the process! #trailrunning #ultrarunner

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone. Enjoy!