0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Dockbridge High, a school just like yours,
0:00:04 > 0:00:05a school like any other,
0:00:05 > 0:00:10a place where bright young minds are taught by some of the wisest,
0:00:10 > 0:00:14most respected members of the teaching profession.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Our cameras returned for another year to find out what life is really
0:00:17 > 0:00:19like for the students and their teachers
0:00:19 > 0:00:21at this most ordinary of schools.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Welcome to Class Dismissed.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29BELL RINGS
0:00:29 > 0:00:34It's Careers Day at Dockbridge High and Billy is in early for
0:00:34 > 0:00:37a careers session with careers adviser, Miss Dropitt.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44My careers adviser advised me to be a careers adviser, and before
0:00:44 > 0:00:46that, her careers adviser advised her to be
0:00:46 > 0:00:49a careers adviser, and before that, her careers adviser advised
0:00:49 > 0:00:52her to be a careers adviser, and before that her careers
0:00:52 > 0:00:54adviser advised her to be a champion jockey.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57But she didn't listen to her and she became a careers adviser.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02So, Billy, what do you want to be when you leave school?
0:01:02 > 0:01:03I like football, so a footballer.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06OK, Billy, if I could just stop you there.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08At the risk of sounding negative,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10being a professional footballer is incredibly difficult and your
0:01:10 > 0:01:13chance of being a success at it are basically zero. OK?
0:01:13 > 0:01:17I know it will be tough, Miss, but it is my dream job.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20OK, Billy, nobody ever got anywhere by following their dreams.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22You need to choose something more practical.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Maybe this leaflet will give you some ideas.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28What sort of job would you suggest, then, Miss?
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Something like a...
0:01:29 > 0:01:31careers adviser.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35What's great about this job is that you can fit other jobs in between.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Speaking of which, my shift as a lollipop lady starts in a minute.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39Would you mind covering for me here?
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- Well...- It would be good work experience.- I don't know, Miss.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43It's easy.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46All you have to do is sit there and tell people they can't do what
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- they want to do. - All right.- Got to go.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Being a lollipop lady requires a dedicated and diligent
0:01:52 > 0:01:56individual, and until they find one of those, I'm doing it.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58BELL RINGS
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Appropriately the first lesson of the day is business studies
0:02:01 > 0:02:04where Mr Windlow is getting down to business.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Careers.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09I didn't get where I am today without having an incredibly
0:02:09 > 0:02:11successful career,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13then ditching it to become a teacher.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Right, mock interviews. Emily, you're first.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23I'm a boss of Widget International and you come to me for a job.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28So, where do you see yourself in two years' time?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30- Year 11?- No.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35- Making widgets? - Where's your ambition?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38I say, "Where do you see yourself in two years' time?"
0:02:38 > 0:02:43- You say, "Doing your job." - As a business studies teacher?
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Oh, give me strength. As boss of Widget International.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51But if I'm doing your job in two years' time, what will you be doing?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54I'll have sold the company and retired. Got a quid?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58It's yours.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I can't wait to get out of the widgets business, to be honest.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06- No-one wants widgets any more. It's all wodgets nowadays.- Great(!)
0:03:06 > 0:03:11So what is your first move as new owner of the company?
0:03:11 > 0:03:12You're fired.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16What can I say? I taught the girl good.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18BELL RINGS
0:03:18 > 0:03:21With Emily dressed for success in her new business...
0:03:21 > 0:03:22That's right, widgets.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25You don't know what they are either?
0:03:25 > 0:03:29..Mrs Mark also intends to inspire the workforce of tomorrow.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31I was inspired to pursue a teaching career by
0:03:31 > 0:03:35a wonderful teacher I had at school, Granny Mark.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37I mean, Mrs Mark.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39She's not my mum.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46As it's Careers Day, I will be offering one lucky pupil
0:03:46 > 0:03:50an amazing work experience placement...
0:03:50 > 0:03:53as a teacher in this very classroom.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I will keep you in suspense no longer.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59- The lucky pupil is... - She's so going to pick you.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01You're going to pick you.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02Someone who is diligent,
0:04:02 > 0:04:07hard-working and always makes his mummy ever so proud.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09It's...
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Billy.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12PUPILS GASP
0:04:12 > 0:04:15I'm only joking. Your face. It's Mark.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17What a surprise(!)
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Well done, Marky. I bet you can't wait to start teaching.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Go on, then, Marky. Teach.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Er... Hello, class, my name is Mr...Mark.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Hello, Mr Mark.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- Like, get your books out, innit? - Mr Mark?
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Yeah, Mum? I mean, Miss.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44She's not my mum.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47I just wanted to say you're doing brilliantly, Mr Mark.
0:04:47 > 0:04:52- Thanks, but no calling out. - Sorry, Mr Mark.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Now, like, do some writing or something, yeah?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- He's so inspiring.- No talking.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02- And now it's time to announce the Pupil of the Week.- Yay!
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Sorry.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07The Pupil of the Week is...
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- Billy, you want it?- All right.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14APPLAUSE
0:05:19 > 0:05:25- Thanks, mate.- Unbelievable. After all I've done for you.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Raised you, fed you, wiped your little botty.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29- LAUGHTER - She didn't.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32And now when the time comes for some gratitude, my own
0:05:32 > 0:05:36son won't make his lovely mummy the Pupil of the Week.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Well, it's not good enough. What do you say to that, Marky?
0:05:39 > 0:05:45- I say...I'm sending you to isolation.- But you can't.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Yeah, I can.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Claiming to be a teacher's parent, that's that illegal.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53And you've been very disruptive, innit? Now, get out of my classroom.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Boom!
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Huh! Fine.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01And let that be a lesson to all of you.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05Oh, Marky, would you like chicken nuggets or jumbo sausages for tea?
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Can I have chicken nuggets, please, Mum? I mean, Miss. She's not my mum.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11LAUGHTER
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Write it down 100 times.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15PUPILS GROAN
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Obeying her teacher, even though her teacher is just Mark,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Mrs Mark does as she's told and goes to isolation.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Hello.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Looks like it's just you and me in isolation today.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30MRS MARK CHUCKLES
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Oh.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Coming through. Excuse me.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Miss Dropitt is running late for her next careers session.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44It's her job to listen to what pupils would like to do when
0:06:44 > 0:06:48they grow up, before suggesting that they do something else.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Careers, go. - Well, I'd like to be a doctor.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Sorry, Tahj, can I just stop you there?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Your chances of being a doctor are literally,
0:06:56 > 0:06:58and I'm trying to think of the appropriate words here,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00zero, zilch, zip. OK?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01But I'm good at science, Miss.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- I don't see why...- How about a...
0:07:03 > 0:07:05careers adviser?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- I don't really want to... - It's easy and it's fun.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10All you have to do is sit there and tell people they can't do the
0:07:10 > 0:07:14job they want to do. In fact, can you cover for me?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17I'm late for my shift at the fire station.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Here's your first client now. Good luck.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I want to get out of widgets.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29I was thinking of changing careers to journalism.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30No!
0:07:30 > 0:07:32She's right. It is fun.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35As year nine head to English, Emily is glad to be out of widgets
0:07:35 > 0:07:38and out of her business suit.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41She's not the only one who's changed her appearance.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Settle down, settle down.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48You may have noticed I have a different attitude.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Someone reported me for not doing enough proper teaching.
0:07:52 > 0:07:59Naming no names but it was Tahj. So I've decided to crack down.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02No more riding your bike in the classroom.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03That was you, sir.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06No more spray-painting your name on the walls.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Again, you.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- No more wicked sweet break dancing. - Definitely you.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15In short, guys, no more banter.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19I'm going to be hella basic. Yeah.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Stunned into silence.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Well, then, let's get on with some really un-fun work.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Chapter 15.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32William Blake. Yes!
0:08:32 > 0:08:35So, sir, I've read lots of Blake's poetry and I was wondering...
0:08:35 > 0:08:37PUPILS GASP
0:08:37 > 0:08:43Psyche! I can't believe you guys fell for it. Hashtag pwned!
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I completely pranked you. Yeah, me did.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48SCATTERED LAUGHTER
0:08:48 > 0:08:50You should have seen your faces.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55I'm so glad I was papping it on my phone.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Oh, it didn't record.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58LAUGHTER
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Can we just do all that again, please?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Quickly because my battery's running out.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05So, we're not actually going to learn anything about William Blake?
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Sure, we're going to learn about will.i.am Blake, Tahj, but we're
0:09:09 > 0:09:11not going to read his poems.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13We're going to break dance them.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16MUSIC PLAYS
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Oh!
0:09:17 > 0:09:18LAUGHTER
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Banter!
0:09:19 > 0:09:21BELL RINGS
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Mr Christopher has taken time out of his busy schedule to
0:09:25 > 0:09:27talk to year nine about careers.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28APPLAUSE
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Thank you. Honestly, you don't need to. Thank you.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34So today I'm going to teach you about the most important
0:09:34 > 0:09:38career in the world, a career that saves lives.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Medicine?
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Acting.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42And you get the chance to put your questions to
0:09:42 > 0:09:45a real-life actor, ie, me.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46First question.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48What's the best thing about being an actor?
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Hm. I could say exploring being other than yourself but instead
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I'll say the free stuff.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Like, this morning I got a free pen just by doing a dance for the head.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01She was so impressed she said,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03"Please, stop, have whatever you want."
0:10:05 > 0:10:07That's talent. Next question.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12Ahem. "How did you become such a great and brilliant actor?"
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Oh, so embarrassing.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Oh... I knew someone would ask me this.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Once I realised how amazing my talent was,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21I knew there was only one career for me.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22In Hollywood...
0:10:22 > 0:10:26or educational theatre. Sorry, Hollywood.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29But rather than just talk about how I became who I am today,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31let's act it out.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Jasmine, you are my first music teacher.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Just cry a lot whenever I sing.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41Tahj, you're the agent that turned me down. You're filled with regret.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Emily, you're the doubter who told me I could never make it,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46AKA my mum.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Just make sure that you duck when I come at you screaming.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51And, Martin, go get me a coffee.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53And, five, six, eight.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54HE SCREAMS
0:11:01 > 0:11:03And again.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04HE SCREAMS
0:11:04 > 0:11:05BELL RINGS
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Textile teacher Miss Dior-Durant
0:11:07 > 0:11:09needs to catch up on some lesson planning
0:11:09 > 0:11:11but she'd rather make a vlog.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Hiya, and welcome to Dior-Durant's fashion videos.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Like, share and subscribes.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23Today I'll be showing you my best fashion accessories as we
0:11:23 > 0:11:30look at what's inside my bag. So let's see what's inside my bag?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33A bag.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37Bags are greatest fashion accessory. Kim Kardashian,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40she said to me, "I want your bag."
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I say, "No, Kimmy, it's not for you". She cry.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47So let's see what else is inside my bag?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48A bag.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Wunderbar.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54As Victoria Beckham say, "You can never have too many bags".
0:11:54 > 0:11:58And I say, "Shut up, Victoria, that's my catchphrase." She cry.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03Fab-u-lous! More bag!
0:12:03 > 0:12:09Bag. Bag. Bag. Bag.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Bag. Bag.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Purse. What's inside?
0:12:18 > 0:12:19A bag!
0:12:19 > 0:12:25Bag. Bag. Bag. Bag.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28So click, like, shares and subscribes.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Not subscribing is so last season.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Ahem! Miss,
0:12:33 > 0:12:35are you going to begin the lesson soon?
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Yeah, yeah. So rude.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41BELL RINGS
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Jasmine is off to see Miss Dropitt, who cares passionately about
0:12:44 > 0:12:47the pupils' careers for 20 minutes a day.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51The rest of the time she's got better things to do. Time is money.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54# Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you
0:12:54 > 0:12:58# happy birthday, Colin Jeffers Happy birthday to you. #
0:12:58 > 0:12:59It's not my birthday.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02And my name's not Colin, it's Jasmine.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- So you didn't order a gorilla-gram? - No, I'm here for careers advice.
0:13:05 > 0:13:11Oh, course. All right. So, what do you want to be, then?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- A vet.- No.- Dog trainer?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- No.- Dog groomer? - No.- Dog walker?- No.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19With respect, Miss, I don't think you're very good at this.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Do you not think this costume is very realistic?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Not at being a gorilla-gram - the careers adviser.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Is this really what you want to do?
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Well, when I was a kid I always wanted to be a clown.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- But my parents said it was a waste of time.- Well, go for it.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- You're never too old to do what you want to do.- Do you really think so?
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Yeah, follow your dreams.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38You're right. Thanks.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I'm going to be a clown.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Oh, and Jasmine,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45you should be a careers adviser, hm?
0:13:45 > 0:13:46I'll think about it.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48BELL RINGS
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Careers Day is over and some people are regretting their choices.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55I wanted to be an astronaut.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58HE SOBS
0:14:00 > 0:14:03But for others, seeds have been sown that will grow into
0:14:03 > 0:14:05tomorrow's teachers...
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Oi! No running, innit?
0:14:07 > 0:14:08..vloggers...
0:14:08 > 0:14:11So let's go home and see what's in my other bag.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13..clowns...
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Look at me, Daddy, I'm a clown!
0:14:15 > 0:14:17..and careers advisers.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20We've decided we're all going to be careers advisers. It's fun.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22ALL: No!
0:14:22 > 0:14:25# Whatever you want Whatever you like
0:14:25 > 0:14:28# Whatever you say You pay your money
0:14:28 > 0:14:29# You take your choice
0:14:29 > 0:14:33# Whatever you need Whatever you use
0:14:33 > 0:14:37# Whatever you win Whatever you lose... #
0:14:37 > 0:14:38BELL RINGS