Andrew Cowley
Transform your school’s culture with Andrew Cowley, expert in strategic staff and pupil wellbeing and author of The Wellbeing Toolkit.
Why book Andrew Cowley for your next event
- Andrew Cowley is the author of The Wellbeing Toolkit (2019), The Wellbeing Curriculum (2021), and The School Mental Health Toolkit (2025), a powerful trilogy published by Bloomsbury Education. These widely respected books offer schools concrete strategies to embed wellbeing into leadership, curriculum, and culture, making Andrew one of the most authoritative voices on mental health in education today.
- Andrew co-founded the Healthy Toolkit blog and X/Twitter account, a pioneering digital platform focused on teacher wellbeing that has shaped attitudes across the education sector. With a loyal and growing audience of educators and school leaders, his thought leadership fosters strategic conversations about empathy, values, and the long-term planning needed for sustainable wellbeing in schools.
- Andrew is a sought-after keynote speaker and CPD provider for leading educational organizations including The Key, UAE Teachers Network, and the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools. His expertise is trusted by institutions around the world looking to develop mentally healthy cultures that support staff resilience and student wellbeing.
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Strategic Wellbeing for Sustainable School Culture
Empower your school community with strategic wellbeing insights. Andrew Cowley, renowned author, speaker, and former deputy head, delivers transformative keynotes that equip leaders with practical tools to embed mental health into school culture, boost staff resilience, and improve student outcomes.
Keynote Speaker Andrew Cowley is a leading voice in the field of wellbeing in education, known for his practical, values-led approach to embedding mental health into the everyday fabric of school life. A former deputy headteacher with over two decades of frontline experience, Andrew understands the complex pressures faced by educators and the critical role of emotional wellbeing in creating thriving school communities.
Now a full-time speaker, author, and coach, Andrew Cowley helps schools and educational organizations build positive, resilient cultures through strategic, whole-school approaches to wellbeing. He is the author of three highly regarded books, The Wellbeing Toolkit, The Wellbeing Curriculum, and The School Mental Health Toolkit, all published by Bloomsbury Education and widely used across the UK and internationally.
Andrew’s keynotes offer more than inspiration, they provide actionable frameworks, including his original THINK model, designed to support leadership teams in shifting from reactive wellbeing fixes to proactive, sustainable solutions. His sessions are grounded in real-world school challenges and deliver tangible tools to improve staff morale, reduce burnout, and enhance student outcomes.
As co-founder of the influential Healthy Toolkit platform and a trusted coach for the School Mental Health Award, Andrew brings both thought leadership and deep practical insight to every engagement.
Book Andrew Cowley for your event to empower your team with proven strategies for creating mentally healthy schools that last.
Keynotes
Keynote by Andrew Cowley:
Creating a culture of emotional wellbeing
Is your school struggling with staff burnout, low morale, or rising mental health concerns?
Creating a culture of emotional wellbeing is no longer a luxury, it’s a strategic imperative. Through powerful, insight-driven keynotes, Andrew Cowley equips school leaders with the mindset, tools, and frameworks needed to embed wellbeing at the heart of their school culture.
As a former deputy head and acclaimed author on school wellbeing, Andrew understands the daily pressures educators face. His keynotes provide practical, whole-school approaches that shift wellbeing from one-off initiatives to sustainable, values-led practices.
From fostering empathetic leadership to building emotionally safe environments, Andrew helps schools move from reactive fixes to proactive, long-term change.
Book Andrew Cowley for your event and discover how a culture of emotional wellbeing can transform staff engagement, student outcomes, and overall school success.
Keynote by Andrew Cowley:
Leadership of wellbeing
Are your school leaders equipped to lead wellbeing with clarity, confidence, and consistency?
In many schools, wellbeing is seen as everyone’s responsibility, but without strong leadership, it risks becoming no one’s priority. Andrew Cowley’s keynote on Leadership of Wellbeing offers a clear, strategic path forward.
Drawing on years of leadership experience and his work as a bestselling author, Andrew empowers senior teams to lead wellbeing with intention, empathy, and impact. His sessions help leaders move beyond reactive responses to embed wellbeing into vision, policy, and daily practice.
With practical tools and the acclaimed THINK framework, Andrew provides leaders with the confidence to build emotionally intelligent teams, foster psychological safety, and drive sustainable culture change.
Book Andrew Cowley for your event and equip your leadership team to champion a whole-school approach to mental health and staff wellbeing that delivers lasting results.
Keynote by Andrew Cowley:
Wellbeing for leaders
Who supports the wellbeing of your school leaders while they support everyone else?
School leaders often carry the weight of staff and student wellbeing, but neglect their own. This imbalance leads to burnout, decision fatigue, and diminished impact. Andrew Cowley’s keynote on Wellbeing for Leaders addresses this critical yet overlooked issue head-on.
As a former deputy head and respected wellbeing expert, Andrew brings deep insight into the pressures of educational leadership. His keynote offers practical strategies to help leaders prioritize their own mental health without compromising their responsibilities.
From setting healthy boundaries to building personal resilience, Andrew equips leaders with tools to model the very wellbeing values they promote. The result? Stronger leadership, improved performance, and a more balanced, healthier school culture.
Book Andrew Cowley for your event and give your leadership team the strategies and support they need to thrive, not just survive, in their roles.
Keynote by Andrew Cowley:
Practical strategies for supporting mental health in school
Struggling to turn mental health intentions into real, everyday impact in your school?
Many schools recognize the importance of mental health, but lack the tools to implement meaningful, sustainable support. That’s where keynote speaker Andrew Cowley delivers real value. With decades of school leadership experience and a reputation as a trusted wellbeing expert, Andrew offers practical, actionable strategies tailored for busy school environments.
His keynotes cut through the complexity, providing realistic approaches that empower staff, support pupils, and embed mental health into your school’s daily culture. From early intervention techniques to whole-school frameworks, Andrew helps you move from good intentions to measurable outcomes.
Trusted by leading education networks and author of three acclaimed books, Andrew brings both credibility and clarity to a challenging topic.
Book Andrew Cowley for your event and give your team the practical tools they need to confidently support mental health across your school.
Keynote by Andrew Cowley:
Wellbeing as a strategic and continuous consideration built on positive relationships
Is wellbeing in your school treated as an afterthought, only addressed when problems arise?
Too often, wellbeing is reactive, fragmented, and short-lived. But real impact comes when wellbeing is strategic, continuous, and rooted in strong relationships. In his powerful keynotes, Andrew Cowley shows schools how to shift from crisis response to proactive culture-building.
As a former deputy head and acclaimed author on school wellbeing, Andrew delivers clear, evidence-informed strategies that place wellbeing at the core of leadership, planning, and daily interactions. His approach emphasizes the power of relational leadership, where empathy, consistency, and connection drive positive change.
Through frameworks like THINK and insights from his bestselling books, Andrew equips your team to build resilient, values-led environments where staff and students feel seen, supported, and valued.
Book Andrew Cowley for your event and transform wellbeing from a checkbox into a culture-defining, strategic priority
Keynote by Andrew Cowley:
Empathetic and collegiate approaches understanding the impact of our thoughts, words and actions on others' wellbeing
Do staff interactions sometimes unintentionally harm morale or wellbeing in your school?
In high-pressure environments, it’s easy to overlook how our thoughts, words, and actions affect others. Without empathy and collaboration, school culture can suffer, impacting trust, communication, and mental health. Andrew Cowley’s keynotes provide the solution.
As a former school leader and respected wellbeing expert, Andrew helps educators and leadership teams develop empathetic, collegiate approaches that foster emotionally intelligent school cultures. His keynotes explore how everyday behaviours, intentional or not, shape the wellbeing of staff and students.
With real-life examples and frameworks like THINK, Andrew equips your team to lead with compassion, communicate effectively, and build positive professional relationships that uplift rather than overwhelm.
Book Andrew Cowley for your event and learn how small changes in mindset and communication can create lasting improvements in whole-school wellbeing.
Andrew Cowley - The Culture of Wellbeing
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