Despite many school leaders and teaching and non-teaching staff working hard to support children's and their own wellbeing, more needs to be done. This book provides you with the necessary tools and strategies to navigate your way through the changing educational landscape and shape the schools of the future. Written by a diverse range of experts in the field, it explores how all school staff can support their own, their colleagues' and their students' wellbeing, how leaders can lead well and be well, and the importance of relationships within the entire school community to promote personal, academic and professional flourishing. This book will make you think and take you out of your comfort zone. It will inspire discussions and support you -- whatever your role in school is -- to bring positive change to school policy and culture--back cover.

1.Cultures and systems for whole school wellbeing / Frederika Roberts -- 2. Self-care for leaders – looking after your mental health / Anna Bateman -- 3. The role of leadership in retaining early career teachers / Stephen Waters -- 4. Staff safeguarding and supervision – lessons from COVID-19 and beyond / Jane Bee and Ceri Stokes -- 5. How EdTech can help schools maintain individual and collective wellbeing / Bukky Yusuf -- 6. Self-care for busy educators – a practical guide / Maria Brosnan, Kimberley Evans and Thérèse Hoyle -- 7. Wellbeing and safeguarding / Jane Bee -- 8. Getting back to great behaviour by building connections / Mark Goodwin -- 9. LGBTQ+ pupils, staff and wellbeing / Adele Bates -- 10. The water is draining away – burnout and retention / Stephen Waters -- 11. How do we address wellbeing in a culture of assessment? / Alison Kriel -- 12. The role of self-care in retaining early career teachers / Stephen Waters -- 13. How to create resources for wellbeing activities with children and young people / Becca Faal -- 14. Wellbing – what SEMH schools, PRUs and APs do really well, and how it can help all schools / Adele Bates -- 15. Creating a new reality -- making words matter / Mark Goodwin -- 16. Exploring character and supporting wellbeing with Frida Kahlo and Albert Einstein / Frances Corcoran and Selena Whitehead -- 17. Social and emotional learning -- circle solutions and ASPIRE / Sue Roffey -- 18. Taking the stress out of exams for students / Sarah Brazenor -- 19. Relationships and social capital / Sue Roffey -- 20. Purposeful parent engagement / Kelly Hannaghan -- 21. Staff wellbeing – it's not just for teachers / Kimberley Evans -- 22. Supporting happy, healthy playtimes – playground wellbeing buddies / Thérèse Hoyle -- 23. Driving pupil engagement through the PSHE and R(S)HE curricula / John Rees -- 24. A man in a woman's world / collated by Kimberley Evans, with sections by Matthew Brooker and Chris Reddy -- 25. Flying the flag! How to develop a safe place for the LGBTQ+ community -- 26. Wellbeing in a culturally diverse society / collated by Kimberley Evans -- 27. Disability wellbeing – why inclusion matters for disabled children / Elizabeth Wright -- 28. Language and stigma around mental health / Jen Beer -- 29. The education system and me / Holly Evans -- 30. You and me (a poem) / written by Anita Kate Garai; illustrated by Ben Oag.