Educating Essex
★ 8 · 2011 · Documentary
The warm and honest - and ground-breaking - series that follows a group of GCSE students, and the staff who teach them, as they face the most important year in their education.
Episodes
1. Episode 147m · A row over uniform leads to an accusation that threaten's deputy head Mr Drew's career.
2. Episode 248m · The age-old problem of bullying rears its head.
3. Episode 346m · Cheeky charmer Vinni was a model student, until his parents' marriage broke up...
4. Episode 447m · Final year students Sky and Liam discover that they're expecting a baby.
5. Episode 548m · Friends Carrie and Ashleigh fall out.
6. Episode 647m · Has deputy head Mr Drew finally met his match in clever but complicated student Mollie?
7. Episode 747m · The staff try to prepare Ryan, who has autism, for life outside school.More Like This
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