In Between – Recuperation as Reflection🌿

by Jessie Joubert • 30 April 2025
After two intense inspections across two countries, I came home—with a cold, some laundry, and time to think. This post is about what happens between the big things. The rest, the reset, and the quiet clarity that only comes when the noise pauses. We talk a lot about reflection in education. But we forget that rest makes it possible. #teacherwellbeing #educationleadership #schoolculture #rest #reflection #beautifulbrain

Scale and Precision: What 4100 Students Taught Me in Dubai

by Jessie Joubert • 30 April 2025
🏙️ Lessons from the Field – Post 2: Dubai 4100 students. 1 school. What I saw was not scale at the expense of humanity—but scale in service of it. A community of care held together by brilliant logistics, focused leadership and systems that breathe. Size wasn’t the challenge. Design was the answer. 💡 Read the full reflection here: [Insert URL once live] #education #schoolleadership #internationaleducation #culturalcapital #beautifulbrain #inspection

Building Without a Map: Vision and Vulnerability

by Jessie Joubert • 30 April 2025
This small school didn’t wait for a roadmap. They built their path through passion, humility and vision. In the first blog of the Lessons from the Field series, I reflect on what it means to grow without a script—and how real leadership often begins in uncharted territory. #education #leadership #schoolimprovement #culturalcapital #beautifulbrain #inspection.

What Do We Bring Into the Room?

by Jessie Joubert • 3 April 2025
A quiet reflection on what we carry into our work — and how rethinking behaviour, belonging and cultural capital might help us see more, not assume more.

Unlocking Opportunity: Rethinking Cultural Capital in Education

by Jessie Joubert • 25 March 2025
Explore how cultural capital, early intervention, and inclusive practice shape opportunity, identity, and belonging in education.

Welcome to Beautiful Brain: Thoughts, Threads & Tiny Revolutions

  • by Jessie Joubert
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  • 25 Mar, 2025
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Hi, I’m glad you’re here.

Morning walks - processing time @ Farthing Downs, Surrey

This blog is part notebook, part launchpad. A place where ideas are aired, tangled threads are teased out, and quiet hunches sometimes turn into bold blueprints. Welcome to Beautiful Brain.

I’m Jessie Joubert, the founder of Beautiful Brain, and an education professional working at the intersection of inclusion, innovation, and school improvement. My background spans SEN, EAL, curriculum development and strategic leadership, both in the UK and internationally. I’ve always been fascinated by how we think, learn, and lead — especially when we’re doing things differently.

Why blog?
Because writing is thinking. Blogging, for me, is a reflective practice — a way of noticing patterns, documenting learning, and sharing questions before they’re answers. It’s a living record of what’s working, what’s shifting, and where we might go next. I write to spark dialogue, surface insights, and sometimes just to clear space in the mental clutter.

Whether it’s unpacking a new tool, rethinking a policy, or drawing connections across disciplines, this blog is about keeping thinking visible.

If you're a school leader, SENCO, teacher, or just an educational thinker who likes asking why and what if, I hope you’ll find something here that resonates, challenges, or inspires.

Let’s see where these thoughts take us.

In Between – Recuperation as Reflection🌿

by Jessie Joubert • 30 April 2025
After two intense inspections across two countries, I came home—with a cold, some laundry, and time to think. This post is about what happens between the big things. The rest, the reset, and the quiet clarity that only comes when the noise pauses. We talk a lot about reflection in education. But we forget that rest makes it possible. #teacherwellbeing #educationleadership #schoolculture #rest #reflection #beautifulbrain

Scale and Precision: What 4100 Students Taught Me in Dubai

by Jessie Joubert • 30 April 2025
🏙️ Lessons from the Field – Post 2: Dubai 4100 students. 1 school. What I saw was not scale at the expense of humanity—but scale in service of it. A community of care held together by brilliant logistics, focused leadership and systems that breathe. Size wasn’t the challenge. Design was the answer. 💡 Read the full reflection here: [Insert URL once live] #education #schoolleadership #internationaleducation #culturalcapital #beautifulbrain #inspection

Building Without a Map: Vision and Vulnerability

by Jessie Joubert • 30 April 2025
This small school didn’t wait for a roadmap. They built their path through passion, humility and vision. In the first blog of the Lessons from the Field series, I reflect on what it means to grow without a script—and how real leadership often begins in uncharted territory. #education #leadership #schoolimprovement #culturalcapital #beautifulbrain #inspection.

What Do We Bring Into the Room?

by Jessie Joubert • 3 April 2025
A quiet reflection on what we carry into our work — and how rethinking behaviour, belonging and cultural capital might help us see more, not assume more.

Unlocking Opportunity: Rethinking Cultural Capital in Education

by Jessie Joubert • 25 March 2025
Explore how cultural capital, early intervention, and inclusive practice shape opportunity, identity, and belonging in education.