Keep up with the latest daily buzz with the BuzzFeed Daily newsletter! Joe Bispham: 'You need a safe place to be able to say that was a shit lesson'. 27. I shouldn't have left. It is comforting to know, now aged 18, they are both still mates. ", Would the 16-year-old Jess be proud of what the adult Jess has achieved? His role mainly involves organising data, he says. Nicky Morgan, the new education secretary, said recently that she thinks teachers have an image problem. To those who say that: you are right on the legal position, but wrong about the rest. This was a classic journey - idealistic teacher stumbles but recovers and gets his full teaching qualification. Gone were the rigid yet insipid teachers I remembered from school. In Educating Cardiffs sixth episode the focus was on Year 11 pupils Tyler and Georgia. I'll have my name in one of those block things. And fewer than 40 parents requested that their children just appear in the show's background. Thank you, Summer, for showing the nation that poetry is a powerful medium to channel ones emotions. The teaching profession is often wrongly slated for being an easy career - those long holidays! A lot has changed, I've grown up a lot. Educating the East End is the third series of the British documentary television programme Educating broadcast on Channel 4. Tonight's dose of Educating the (North) East End could have been sponsored by resurgent Family Affair hit-maker, Mary J Blige. Facing an uphill battle at the time, she said she really thought the green shoots of recovery had turned into trees. In fact, Educating the East End has everything you need for a wonderful programme - it's funny, emotional, thoughtful, and gives us a glimpse into somewhere that we don't necessarily know as well as we think we do. She demonstrated the challenges that are unique to being the deputy, but also showed how you can balance being the member of staff that can be both enforcer and advocate at the same time. When they were choosing where to film, producers spoke to 100 schools, visited 40, and approached 20. In my year I'm not the worst-behaved student. Educating The East End - Episode 1 (Documentary) | Our Stories Our Stories 535K subscribers Subscribe 16K Share 1.3M views 2 years ago Frederick Bremer school's newest teacher, Mr Bispham, soon. It truly is a school in the heart of the community. The children generally forgot about being filmed after a couple of days. When they were choosing where to film, producers spoke to 100 schools, visited 40, and approached 20. Take Tawny failing to get into the BRIT School, having a little cry, and then having to put on a brave face while her best friend Alice excitedly spoke about how she was going (and spoke privately about how she was nervous about talking about it in front of Tawny). The studious and earnest pupil was eager and willing to learn and was often filmed with her head in a book. 21. She hated college she says and struggled again during the first year at uni as she found it difficult to get to grips with the finer points of computer coding. 23. The self-doubt of the job - the I dont know if I can do this feeling. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Something for everyone interested in hair, makeup, style, and body positivity. (Gary Carlton) The production company, Twofour, is still in contact . Miss Smith, the first-year head, came across as confident, assured and human, but anyone that has moved into a leadership role will know just how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of the people you have been employed to work with and the young people you serve; throw in a few cameras and millions of people watching and her position can only be described as vulnerable. "The jump from GCSEs to A-levels was bigger than I expected. Watch popular content from the following creators: Chloe Stephen(@chloe_stephen), JEPI4(@jepi_4), Tawny Harding x(@tawnyhardingx), Yesss(@educatingeditz), Clips(@kaiyenr.clips), Yo(@yearbook..clips), Tawny Harding x(@tawnyhardingx), cheeky bantz(@_cheeky_banter_), Grace(@educatingeditss), ll . 9. 30. . Five years ago the trials and tribulations from the corridors and classrooms of a Welsh secondary school were beamed into living rooms across the nation in Channel Four's documentary Educating Cardiff. The public is able to see what I see on a daily basis: engaging, often articulate, sometimes angry teenagers trying to make sense of the world they live in. 39. It clearly showed. Can you list the top facts and stats about Educating the East End? Pupils at a Midlands school film their year of turning 16 and taking GCSEs in the middle of a pandemic. Politics is a self-serving industry people go in with the right reasons but they get warped very quickly. Selling Shakespeare English teacher Mr Bispham from Educating the East End. 36. Hollywood. It's exactly five years since the Channel Four series first hit the television screen, Keep up to date with the latest stories with our WalesOnline newsletter. I look so different now it just doesn't look like me. They portray us all as Marxists who love nothing more than going on strike for a day. "I think I'm even worse now," she laughs. But he was told it wouldn't be interesting. Unbridled sobs came from the hell-raiser Tawny (an irrepressible performer who sang through all her lessons) when she failed to get into the Brit School, the famous performing arts college where Adele and Amy Winehouse studied. No. She'll get on with the life she has planned.". GCSEs are looming. He can't remember what he got in his GCSEs although thinks he got a B in one subject. "I wish I had been a bit less conscientious so that when you go on to college you don't have such a high bar to reach. From Covid to lockdowns to exam chaos, lately schoolkids have had the toughest of times. He briefly went to college after Willows High to study sport but dropped out to start work in October last year. Last years Educating Yorkshire was nominated for a Bafta for its depiction of life inside an up-and-coming Dewsbury secondary school. As I watched the unrelenting Mr Drew patrolling the corridors of Passmores Academy, it became clear that I was having an epiphany. The way Tawny and Acacia's teachers leapt in to comfort them was extremely warming - just one of many inspiring things about Educating the East End. When the show aired, Maths teacher Mr Hennessey was so nervous about how he'd come across that he watched it alone in the kitchen with a drink, while his wife, three kids, and 20 friends watched it in the living room. I do agree that the public may not always understand just how challenging work in schools can be. Something went wrong, please try again later. Frederick Bremer School's head teacher Ms Smith says she had to watch the first episode three times before she could understand what was going on, because she was in shock at what her own voice sounded like. She has recently been named Headteacher Of The Year. "There was so much rumour and gossip it just gets horrible. Its difficult to become desensitised to the tribulations of Britains youth and, perhaps more so, the teachers in our schools. 14. Fast forward to 2020 and she says hasn't seen her dad for two years. He has been given his own Channel 4 show called Stammer School: Musharaf Finds His Voice. "I was telling everyone I believed in it so I committed. 25. While Frederick Bremer school is very supportive, the workload and the isolation you can feel as a teacher you are the one in front of the class, and as supportive as a school can be its your responsibility and it doesnt always feel like things are working there is a lot of pressure. Check out our dedicated Facebook page, Educating the East End: English teacher Mr Bispham and Frederick Bremer pupils, Elon Musk plans cheaper next generation Tesla cars, Matt Hancock can threaten me all he wants, our nation's children must never suffer this way again, The irresistible Manchester United bandwagon keeps on rolling, Liverpool seniors step up with top-four finish now firmly in their sights, Low-energy Tottenham set for another season without silverware, Arsenal go five points clear of Man City now the title race really begins. He makes the best bolognese ever. Our kids get a bad press and that perception stops them believing in themselves. He converted to Islam a coupe of years ago and goes to the local mosque although he "needs to go more," he says. Willows students said that taking part in the series felt like being on Big Brother. The stereotypical gangsta isnt present. 8. Lets be honest: we already know that certain papers are going to hate it, they have to. I'm all grown up now, 18, gross. His best mate in school was Gethin and the pair stood out for seemingly having nailed the true meaning of friendship. "I just take every moment as it goes. Being a teenager is hard enough, but 14-year-old Acacia has other things on her mind. Summer, Jebbs younger sister, who was experiencing the same issues, championed the idea of not making mountains out of them. It made me reflect on things that I did, but not necessarily the things that were shown on screen. I lost a lot of confidence and thought: 'I'm not as great as I thought I was'.". Bispham is one of the schools newest recruits, now in his third year of teaching after leaving a career in politics to start Teach First. I don't know. 32. Acacia was sadder for her brother and that he hadn't seen their mum at her best than she was about herself; empathy is one of the . He is the one of only a handful who drives in his circle of friends from school (he is proud of his 15-plate Corsa) although he admits he hasn't stayed in touch with all of them. 7. They might have big dreams but when it comes to stepping outside the school gates, they don't believe they can. Subscribe to Our Stories: https://bit.ly/3lzSXhv Educating offers a moving, funny, and dramatic insight into modern schooling. And some of those little moments are human. Tawny, one of the most vocal Year 9s, is focused on winning a place at the prestigious BRIT school for Performing Arts & Technology. If you still think that Miss Hillman was wrong, then I doubt whether you have had to deal with the grave illness of a parent - it hit me hard even as an adult, goodness knows what it would have done to me as a child. 22. She thinks the way she was presented by the show was perhaps a little unfair. 15. Looking back at his life since those carefree days in Educating Cardiff, Corey says: "It's been like a zig-zag. I'm so embarrassed of it. It was also heartbreaking to see Mr Bispham put his foot in it - first, by accidentally outing flamboyant student Tawny's audition to the BRIT School, and then by unintentionally upsetting his student Acacia by giving her persuasive writing about cancer while her mother was in hospital. Following the series, head teacher Mr Mitchell received numerous marriage proposals from the public. Back to School: Was Educating the East End any good? Copyright 2023 Tes Global Ltd is registered in England (Company No 02017289) with its registered office at Building 3, It made me reflect on things that I did, but not necessarily the things that were shown on screen. But that is not to say it wont; and it makes gripping television as it stands. But there's no great plan laid out before him. Yeah. 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