Product reviews for Making School Unmissable

This book speaks directly to an urgent challenge: the need for every young person to be included in rich and high-quality education of the ‘head, heart and hand’. Rachel Macfarlane and Paul Jenkins begin by powerfully articulating the problem – that for all our focus on academic rigour (the ‘head’), ‘too many hearts remain distinctly unconvinced’ by the current educational offer. They then uncover the core truth that school improvement is about winning hearts and minds, and the failure to convince pupils and parents of its transformative value is a failure to reach those who would benefit most.

Making School Unmissable is a vital, insightful and practical text for every school leader. It provides a roadmap for creating a school experience so rich, purposeful and compelling that it becomes genuinely essential: an environment that children simply cannot bear to miss.