Making Our Schools Worth Attending with Mick Waters

Why are so many children missing school, and how do we create learning environments they actually want to attend? In this episode of the WES Podcast (Making Our Schools Worth Attending), educational experts Mick Waters and Stephen Cox tackle the scale of chronic absenteeism – noting that the number of kids missing 50% of school is equivalent to closing every school in major cities like Nottingham and Newcastle for an entire year. Mick shares why educators must accept that education is “always in draft,” requiring continuous iteration rather than one-time fixes.