About — MindMaps Education
Our story

Built by a teacher.
Grounded in practice.

MindMaps Education exists because the adults who look after children deserve to be looked after too. This is where that belief came from.

Our mission

Help teachers and schools build
the infrastructure that keeps
great people in the profession.

We believe that investing in teachers' mental and emotional health doesn't just help teachers — it creates a ripple effect across the whole school community. Staff who feel supported teach better. Children in those classrooms learn better. Families feel it too.

Narrative learning

We use storytelling, real-world examples, and personal reflection to create learning that sticks. Good pedagogy is the same whether the learner is eight or forty-eight.

Connection and relationship

Strong relationships are the foundation of every effective school. Our work strengthens the bonds between teachers, leaders, parents, and pupils — because wellbeing doesn't live in a module, it lives in a culture.

A rising tide lifts all ships

When teachers are energised, focused, and supported, the whole school benefits. We don't work on individuals in isolation — we build the conditions that allow everyone to thrive.

Prevent and prepare — not react and repair

The best support arrives before the crisis. Every MindMaps product is designed to build the habits, language, and infrastructure that catch people before they fall.

What we've built

Four products. One framework.

Wellbeing Survey
from £297
TeachWell CPD
from £300/yr
Classroom Tools
from £199/yr
Coaching
£200/session

All four products are built on the same model: State → Story → Strategy. The survey measures it. TeachWell builds it. The tools apply it. Coaching deepens it. See full pricing →

The founder

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Arjun Davé

Founder, MindMaps Education — QTS, UCL PGCE, NLP Master Practitioner

My journey into teaching wasn't the usual one. Before I ever stood in front of a class, I spent years in sales and marketing — learning how people communicate, cope under pressure, and respond to challenge. After leaving that world, I travelled widely: spending time in street schools, visiting monasteries across different traditions, studying coaching, psychology and contemplative practice, and learning from communities where wellbeing and purpose are woven into daily life.

Those experiences shaped everything I now teach. I began training in self-development at 20 — coaching, emotional intelligence, behavioural frameworks, and mindfulness — all while navigating life as a dyslexic learner. When I eventually entered teaching, I realised just how crucial those tools really were.

"Across seven years in education — including a year travelling between schools as a supply teacher — I saw the same pattern everywhere, no matter the postcode or leadership style. Teachers were committed, overstretched, and often unsupported. Talented people were leaving. Not because they lacked resilience. Because the system was never designed to support them."

MindMaps Education is my attempt to change that. It brings together everything I've learned — coaching, wellbeing science, cognitive behavioural frameworks, reflective practice — into practical tools and programmes that help educators feel calmer, clearer, and more capable. And through the Classroom Tool Suite and TextSight, it extends that same thinking directly into the hands of the children in their care — and the parents who support them at home.

I believe wellbeing is an ecosystem. When one person becomes more grounded, capable, or supported, everyone around them benefits. MindMaps exists to make that shift possible — at scale, inside schools, from the inside out.

The path that led here

Not a title. A journey.

2010
Coaching Practitioner
Behavioural coaching certification
2013
Advanced Coaching Practitioner
Advanced behavioural coaching certification
2014
Applied Psychology & Coaching
Specialist coaching certification — the methodology behind FocusGrid
2015–2018
67 cities. 9 countries.
Monasteries, meditation, yoga, street schools, high-pressure work. Built the personal toolkit that underpins everything taught through MindMaps.
2018–2019
PGCE, UCL
Qualified teacher, Sutton SCITT programme
2019–2025
7 years in London primary schools
Year 5, Year 6, Head of Science. Tested every framework in real classrooms with real children — and real staffrooms.
2025
MindMaps Education founded
Launched TeachWell, the Classroom Tool Suite, TextSight, and the MindMaps Staff Wellbeing Survey System — the tools I wish I'd had from day one.
Now
Looking for founding schools
Five schools. Full access. Free first year. A genuine partnership to build something that lasts.
What we believe

The principles behind everything.

Wellbeing is structural, not supplementary

You can't bolt wellbeing onto a broken system. It has to be embedded into how the school operates — its language, its rhythms, its everyday decisions.

Behaviour is information, not defiance

In pupils and in staff. When someone is struggling, the behaviour is the signal. Our job is to read it — and respond to the root, not the surface.

Prevention beats repair

The best support arrives before the crisis. We build the habits, tools, and culture that catch people before they fall — not after.

Practice over theory

Every tool in MindMaps has been used in real classrooms and real staffrooms. If it doesn't work under pressure, it doesn't make the cut.

Every journey starts
with a conversation.

Whether you're exploring what MindMaps could do for your school, or just want to understand the approach — a 20-minute call is the right starting point. No pitch. Just honest.