Building Belonging

Jonny Uttley is the CEO of The Education Alliance Multi-Academy Trust (TEAL). As a National Leader of Education, he has worked with schools in many different contexts and is committed to a school improvement approach that puts real ethical leadership at the heart of our system, so schools create cultures in which staff genuinely thrive. He is also an elected member of the DfE Advisory Board for Yorkshire and the Humber, a trustee at SHINE and a visiting fellow at the Centre for Young Lives, leading the development of their education policy.

In 2020 Putting Staff First: A Blueprint for Revitalising Our Schools was published, co-authored by Jonny and John Tomsett.

Steve is a former history teacher who is now involved in the delivery of a range of programmes at Ambition Institute – he leads their Instructional Coaching and Pupil Engagement programmes and teaches across their NPQs. He is particularly interested in how educational research can help teachers and school leaders better support the communities that they serve. As part of this he designs and delivers the professional development for Ambition Institute’s internal faculty – where he shares research with the team and they work together to apply it to teacher education.

Amy Thompson is Deputy Principal at Temple Learning Academy (TLA), a through-school serving the Halton Moor community in East Leeds. TLA is committed to advocating for fully inclusive education and is proud to serve a diverse community, placing child-centred, trauma-informed practice at the heart of everything it does. With over 20 years’ experience in inner-city Leeds, including 12 years as a senior leader, Amy has a strong track record in inclusive education, tackling educational disadvantage, and leading transformational school improvement. Amy is deeply committed to championing the limitless potential of every child and believes that education is one of the most powerful tools for dismantling barriers and creating opportunity.

Jane is a Deputy Headteacher and has had a number of secondary phase senior and middle leader roles in her career. She is a geography specialist and has over 25 years of teaching and leadership experience. Jane has led Huntington Research School since 2018 and has been a member of a number of EEF and DfE working groups, for example, The Pupil Premium Strategy and effective implementation practices. She is the point of contact for queries about supporting the Pupil Premium Strategy, effective implementation, whole school CPD and strategic partnership opportunities with Huntington Research School.