Abstract
This chapter introduces readers to mental health and wellbeing terminology and complexities, relevant for understanding how to develop school and learning environments supportive of pupil’s mental wellbeing. Specifically, three important ideas are emphasised to briefly summarise key sources of mental wellbeing, that is, young people should feel: (1) socially included and recognised by their family, peers, and society at large; (2) a sense of control and feel like they have agency in their own life; and (3) that they have the space and time to explore and understand their developing identity. There are significant barriers to these experiences and the following chapters provide a range of examples of how pupils from diverse backgrounds may be denied these core tenets of good mental wellbeing.
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