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Educating Essex

Introducing new Head Teacher Jenny Smith, of Frederick Bremer School in Walthamstow. Meanwhile, Mr Bispham soon learns that teaching isn't always plain sailing, especially when it comes to educating Year 9 girls.

It's all about the boys in this edition and Head Teacher, Jenny Smith, is determined to set two strong-minded pupils from either end of the school off on the right path.

Election fever hits Frederick Bremer School as the pupils get on the campaign trail before casting their votes for Head Boy and Head Girl.

Head teacher Miss Smith, English teacher Mr Bispham, and deputy head Miss Hillman have to find a multitude of ways of engaging with the kids and help them leave their sometimes unsettling troubles at the gates.

Twelve-year-old Louie has just started secondary school at Frederick Bremer; he struggles to make friends and starts to bunk off. With his attendance record steadily getting worse it's time for home support worker Emma Austin to step in.

GCSEs are looming and the pressure is on for Year 11 to revise and hopefully do well in their exams. But the girls in particular have other things playing on their minds: friendships, prom and, most prominently, boys.

GCSEs are fast approaching, and motivating the students to revise for exams is always a tall order for teachers, but there are two boys in particular at Frederick Bremer who urgently need to knuckle down.

As the school year is draws to a close the team explore autism provision, meeting a team who help to create a diverse school community and work hard to ensure that their pupils are ready for life beyond the classroom.