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Educating Greater Manchester review – new terrifying, inspiring tales from the chalkface

At a Salford school, once the worst in the country, heartwarming friendships are formed and the pupils must come to terms with a terror attack

Ding-a-ling-ding-ding-ding! Is that the school bell you can hear? It is: break’s over, holiday’s over, it’s a new term, new school. New terrifying, inspiring tales from the chalkface. This time we are in Salford, at Harrop Fold school, for Educating Greater Manchester (Channel 4).

Who is going to emerge as an absolute legend this time? In Educating Essex, it was Mr Drew. Deputy head, disciplinarian, but brilliant with it, he was a great teacher and he really cared. In Yorkshire, first it was headteacher Mr Mitchell, also tough, also caring. Then lovely English teacher Mr Burton; you will have cried at the episode when he helped Musharaf overcome his stammer.

Continue reading...The Guardian http://ift.tt/2vOeib4 September 01, 2017 at 09:59AM
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