We were delighted to welcome Professor Mick Waters to Notley High School & Braintree Sixth Form today to work with us. 

Professor Waters works with schools all over the country on innovative approaches to learning and on initiatives to push the boundaries for making learning better.

Professor Waters is an Honorary Fellow of the College of Teachers. He is a patron of Heads, Teachers and Industry (HTI), which seeks ways to build reciprocal understanding between sectors, and a Trustee of the Children's University which offers a range of learning opportunities beyond the school environment. He is chair of Curriculum Enrichment for a Common Era, an organisation which promotes multicultural understanding through learning. He is also a patron of the Values Trust which endeavours to promote values driven approaches to learning. He is also the inaugural president of the Curriculum Foundation, which seeks to promote a voice for the power and potential of the whole curriculum. Previously, he worked at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority as Director of Curriculum taking a leading role in helping schools to rethink their approach to curriculum design and influencing national policy on aspects of the national curriculum. Professor Waters is passionate about the role of education in improving life chances for students. He enjoys asking adults to look at learning through the eyes of a student.