Fabienne Vailes – Passionate about Well BE-ing

Fabienne is first of all a mother of two teenage boys. Her eldest was home educated for three years and has chosen to go to sixth form college, whilst her youngest continues to chose to attend his local secondary school. She calls herself a recovering teacher and a reformed mother. She is also a researcher who is passionate about well-BE-ing in Education.

She is author of ‘The Flourishing Student’ (in its second edition) aimed at teachers and tutors and co-author of ‘How to Grow a Grown Up’ written for parents. Podcaster and Founder of Flourishing Education. As part of her PhD at the University of Bristol she is currently exploring how individuals, communities and the planet flourish together.

Fabienne is an educator with 28 years experience teaching and facilitating language learning (French, Spanish and English as a Foreign Language) across all levels. She has taught in nurseries, primary and secondary state schools, an independent school as well as in FE colleges, two universities and in adult education settings. This has given her great insights and understanding of what it means to be a lifelong, lifewide, lifedeep learner and what the key barriers are.