0:00:02 > 0:00:03School can be tough...
0:00:03 > 0:00:05A usual class would be like
0:00:05 > 0:00:08screaming, shouting, things being thrown out a window.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11..and not just for the students.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Bloody idiot!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Respect is a basic thing, man.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Respect is a basic thing.
0:00:16 > 0:00:2050% of teachers leave the job within the first five years.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Come on! Get out!
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Despite this, some of the country's top graduates...
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Mia, come in, find your place.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28..are determined to give teaching a go.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31It is crazy but it's exciting. It's not safe.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33You're not sitting behind a desk.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36You need to sell this location to me.
0:00:36 > 0:00:37I want to make a difference, so...
0:00:37 > 0:00:40The catch - they've only had six weeks training
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and are now being let loose on the kids.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45SCREAMING AND LAUGHTER
0:00:45 > 0:00:49I wouldn't want to be the reason why Tommy didn't get his A,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52because Miss just was rubbish.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53What's the worst that can happen?
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Somebody told me that someone threw a chair at them on their first day.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Are they up to the task?
0:00:59 > 0:01:02It's just a simple issue of respect. Don't walk out.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- Respect is something that's earned. - Louis, Louis!
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- Sorry. - SHE SOBS
0:01:07 > 0:01:11I'm just finding everything really hard to deal with.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Can they change the lives of their pupils?
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- Bottom set, what does that mean to you?- Dumb. Not very smart.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23I'm going to be Prime Minster one day, you will see. Ooh! Ooh!
0:01:23 > 0:01:26He has no respect for me. I will never have respect for him!
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Six teachers...
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I knew he was posh. I knew it. I knew he was posh.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33..three schools...
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Look at my face. You got a C.- Yes! - SHE LAUGHS
0:01:36 > 0:01:38..one unforgettable year.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45This week...it's in at the deep end on the first day of term.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Do you understand the idea of a negative number?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Are you trying to understand?
0:01:51 > 0:01:55- She just made us look like idiots. - I don't know what I'm doing.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58They don't know...what I'm doing.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- You just...- Has anyone put their hand up?
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- LAUGHTER - Does anybody know the answer?
0:02:03 > 0:02:05That was awful. SHE LAUGHS
0:02:05 > 0:02:07It was a lot worse than I thought it would be.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12BELL RINGS
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Well, well, well.- Good to see you. - You all right? How are you?
0:02:17 > 0:02:21These six young teachers are about to start a training programme
0:02:21 > 0:02:24run by Teach First, an education charity.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Every one of our teaching strategies will be different
0:02:27 > 0:02:30and effective in different ways, with different kids.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Having had six weeks of initial training, they are now about
0:02:33 > 0:02:37to embark on a two-year placement in one of three London schools,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41all in challenging circumstances, where they will learn on the job.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46DOG BARKS
0:02:47 > 0:02:50How are you feeling then today, Charles?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Strangely calm...
0:02:53 > 0:02:55..but I'm sure that'll change.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57What do you think of the beard?
0:02:58 > 0:03:04- It's grown-up.- Grown-up? That's...kind of why I kept it.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07I look about...13 without it.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Charles has just graduated from Oxford University
0:03:12 > 0:03:14with a degree in theology.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18I am about to start teaching in a challenging school
0:03:18 > 0:03:21called Archbishop Lanfranc in Croydon,
0:03:21 > 0:03:28which is amazing but also very pressured, very pressured.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- What are you reading?- I'm reading...
0:03:30 > 0:03:34a short devotional at the beginning of the day.
0:03:35 > 0:03:41Just to...focus on God and not on myself.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44My faith is something that really motivates the way I live
0:03:44 > 0:03:49and I think it's a really good opportunity to...serve others.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51"Remember that the eyes of all are upon you
0:03:51 > 0:03:54"and that more is expected from you than from other men."
0:03:54 > 0:03:56HE LAUGHS
0:03:56 > 0:04:01I want to give to others what I feel everybody should be able to have in life,
0:04:01 > 0:04:03which is...a really good education.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Charles is going to Archbishop Lanfranc School in Croydon.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Built on a landfill site,
0:04:15 > 0:04:19it is overcrowded...and slowly sinking into the rubbish.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24When a new teacher comes, you just like kind of test them
0:04:24 > 0:04:27to see how far you can push it, kind of thing.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29They stand out in a crowd.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32They sort of give off nervous energy.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Some of them like, cos they're new,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36they don't really know how to like teach, should I say.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38They don't know how to control a class.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41So, any last thoughts before you get to the school?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44It's like, "Any last words before you go the grave?"
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Someone has to step up to the plate at the end of the day.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53I mean, if I'm going to invest time into anything,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I mean what more valuable can you invest than a life?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59But I guess it is a fear that if I'm not good at this,
0:04:59 > 0:05:01like, if I fail,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I'm not only failing me but there's so much at hand.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08I mean...it's about these kids, these children.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10It's about their lives, really.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13I mean, I can't fail, it's not something...I can get wrong.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20Claudenia will be teaching at Crown Woods College in south east London.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24New teachers have got a big job.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29If someone automatically just sets a bad scene, it always sticks,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32because you think that every single lesson's going to be bad.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38School is about outcomes, so it's about opening doors, really.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39That's why I'm here, I guess.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50I'm kind of having several panic attacks in my head, right now.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Joining Claudenia at Crown Woods will be Oliver.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Oh, music, music, music, music.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Every lesson, they'll come in to classical music.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:06:04 > 0:06:08That sort of thing. And also I've written down quite a few notes
0:06:08 > 0:06:12from Teach Like A Champion, the book that I've read about teaching strategies,
0:06:12 > 0:06:16because I don't put myself into challenges to fail.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20I put myself in to succeed because that's, intrinsically,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24I expect myself to be good at what I set myself.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Do you like my lucky socks?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29I really...want to be fantastic.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33I just don't want to...
0:06:33 > 0:06:36make a fool of myself, really.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Are you going to take Teach Like A Champion with you?- I am.
0:06:43 > 0:06:488:30am. School is about to begin.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55This is what I signed up for. HE LAUGHS
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- How you doing?- Huh?- How you doing?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03The computer's breaking, so I need to restart.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Five minutes before his lesson is about to start,
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Oliver's computer containing his whole lesson plan is not working.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11Oh, crap!
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- Would you like me to go and get IT? - Yeah, that would be great.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- OK.- If they don't have a computer then we're a little bit screwed.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I don't actually know what I'll do. BLEEP!
0:07:27 > 0:07:31I did the Teach First programme and it was really tough.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35I remember a lot of tears, a lot of happy moments too,
0:07:35 > 0:07:39but it was the hardest thing I've ever done...without a doubt.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Like, I just need to make sure I get it right.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Do you want to wait outside for me, please? Morning.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- What's your name?- Ben.- Ben. Nice to meet you, Ben.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- In my opinion, a good teacher is one that can be like a chameleon. - Morning.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54He can adapt to the environment that he's in,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56to the school, to the children.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59You've got to change from being, "Oi, you, sit down!"
0:07:59 > 0:08:01To, "Would you mind coming over here, please?"
0:08:01 > 0:08:04So you change, you flip in a second. Literally, it's like flip, flap.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Do you feel ready to go?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09No comment.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15It's there. I can't breathe, I'm so happy. Right.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Yeah, all have a seat.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Find your name that's on the seat...on the table.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Just go and stand along the back.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29- OK. So, good afternoon Year 7s. - ALL: Good afternoon, Miss Williams.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33So, as you know, I am Miss Williams and I'll be teaching you science this year.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Erm...so let's get started.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I'm dyslexic. Science has some very long and complicated words,
0:08:39 > 0:08:44so I can imagine going to the board and being like, "OK, everyone, photosynthesis."
0:08:44 > 0:08:46"I don't actually know how to spell that!"
0:08:46 > 0:08:50Or a child being like, "Oh, Miss doesn't actually know what she's doing."
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Or...not knowing enough, I guess.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Like...that's a worry.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58So, what do you think I might be doing with these?
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- Yep?- Will you be doing something with fire or something?
0:09:02 > 0:09:04With fire? I will be.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08I'm looking forward to someone saying, "Oh, Miss, we love your lessons."
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Or loving to come to my class or something like that.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Or saying, "Miss, you've...made my day."
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Or, "Thanks, Miss", or something like that.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18I guess those small moments will be what I'm living for, really.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Claudenia has got a plan to try and win over the Year 7s from the get-go.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25O2. Does anyone have any idea about...?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Your hand went straight up. Fantastic!
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- Oxygen.- Oxygen. So oxygen is a type of...?- ALL: Gas.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Gas. Fantastic Year 7! Oh, I've got a brilliant class!
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- So, are we ready?- ALL: Yes! - Can I get a countdown from five?
0:09:40 > 0:09:44ALL: Five...four...three...
0:09:44 > 0:09:46two...one!
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- ALL LAUGH - Was...
0:09:50 > 0:09:52- Was that impressive or...?- ALL: No.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54What do you mean it wasn't impressive?
0:09:54 > 0:09:59OK, so in the second one we have...H2.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02You might not have heard... Oh, your hand's up. What do we think?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- GIRL: Hydrogen.- That was fantastic!
0:10:04 > 0:10:08You're right, it is. In this balloon we only have hydrogen.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Do you think it's going to be a bigger or a quieter pop?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14- Bigger.- Quieter.- Bigger. - ALL: Five...four...three...
0:10:14 > 0:10:16two...one!
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Boom!
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- ALL LAUGH - Nothing!- What?!
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- That balloon is...- I don't know what's going on, guys.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29ALL SHOUT OUT It has to die slowly.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- Go on balloon!- Die!
0:10:32 > 0:10:34HUBBUB
0:10:37 > 0:10:39ALL SCREAM
0:10:39 > 0:10:42HUBBUB
0:10:42 > 0:10:44CHEERING AND LAUGHTER
0:10:44 > 0:10:46HUBBUB
0:10:46 > 0:10:51All right, Year 7s! So that was a bigger pop. That scared me.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- What's happened?- She set the balloon alight. It's not my fault.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- That wasn't my fault! - Do you want to do it again?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I've got a bigger one, Miss. Do you want to hold this for me, please?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Just that.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- ALL: Five, four...- Sorry, Miss. So, let go, Miss.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- ..three...- Let go!- ..two...- Let go!
0:11:07 > 0:11:08..one!
0:11:08 > 0:11:10SCREAMING AND LAUGHTER
0:11:18 > 0:11:19CLAUDENIA LAUGHS
0:11:23 > 0:11:25CHEERING
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Everyone, give thanks to Miss.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:11:34 > 0:11:36You've been really good today.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Enjoy your next lesson and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43- All right.- ALL: Bye. Bye.- So if you'd like to leave...quietly.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- And you didn't get blown up, so...that was a bonus.- Well done.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Bye.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Bye.- Thank you.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52OK.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58SHE LAUGHS
0:12:02 > 0:12:04I think it went really well.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I think I got all my nerves out the way.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10- SHE LAUGHS - Hopefully, I can keep them as engaged as that,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12which is like, you know, what the school's about.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14You know, it can't always be bangs.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19If you could put your phone in your bag
0:12:19 > 0:12:21and your bag under the desk, that'd be great.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Just down the corridor from Claudenia,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Oliver has his own ideas about how to make a good first impression.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:12:38 > 0:12:43Great. OK. So, welcome to GCSE Business Studies.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I am Mr Beach, like the seaside.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Very simple to remember.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Everyone in this class is fully capable
0:12:50 > 0:12:53of getting an A-star in GCSE Business Studies.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Everybody in the class, right?
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- ALL: Yeah.- Right?- ALL: Right. - OK, good.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03So, every lesson you're going to see a new quote.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05You're going to be inspired by legends.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I like quotes,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10mostly because I'm really inspired by the people who say them.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Do you know who Marilyn Monroe is? Who's Marilyn Monroe. - Is she an actor?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16She's an actress, yeah. She's a very famous actress.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20I think she was in... No, I don't know what she was in, but she's a very famous actress.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22I'll find out for tomorrow exactly who she is.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Oscar Wilde: "Be yourself, everybody else is already taken."
0:13:28 > 0:13:30"Success is going from failure to failure
0:13:30 > 0:13:35"without losing your enthusiasm." Abraham Lincoln.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36You three can go.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40"I may not be the first to this party, but I'll be the best."
0:13:40 > 0:13:43You three stay there. That was Lady Gaga.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45And you three can go.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47It was good. I really enjoyed it.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50It was really, really good. They all participated.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53They all have written like notes that I've asked them to write,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56which is, like, what they expect of themselves.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Aww!
0:13:58 > 0:14:01"To get a good grade in this subject."
0:14:01 > 0:14:02That's sweet.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05"No detentions. An A-star."
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Not excited to mark their homework, but...
0:14:09 > 0:14:13I'm now excited. This is where the work can begin.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Over in north west London, another trainee, Meryl,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25is starting her first day at the Harefield Academy.
0:14:26 > 0:14:33I'm worried that the kids will sniff out straightaway that I'm a newbie
0:14:33 > 0:14:35and will treat me like a supply teacher,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38who are notoriously treated awfully.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40We're just going to wait at the front,
0:14:40 > 0:14:44because I realise that you can't quite see...the seating plan.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I'll be teaching English this year
0:14:47 > 0:14:50and I'm from an English Language background not a literary background,
0:14:50 > 0:14:55so I don't always share a love for reading
0:14:55 > 0:15:00that most English teachers probably should and rightly so should have.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Bt she's not got off to a good start as she's turned up late.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Luke, you're just at the back in that chair there.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Sorry, if I've mispronounced your surname.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Hello, good morning to you. If you could just take a seat down....
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Liam Styles?- Yeah.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22I spelt your name wrong. I'm sorry.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25If you could just take a seat in the back row as well.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29So at the start of the lesson, I'd like you to line up silently
0:15:29 > 0:15:34outside the room which you all did today, which is absolutely fantastic.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35I'm really pleased.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39I do really appreciate that and be ready to learn.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Hands up if you're ready to learn.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I am, cos I need to learn all your names.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45So, on the outside of your book,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48if you could please write your full name.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50And that is your proper name.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59At Lanfrac, Charles is determined to set out his high expectations
0:15:59 > 0:16:02to his tutor group of 11-year-olds.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04OK, my name's Mr Wallendahl.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07I'm going to be your tutor for the year.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Erm...I've got a seating plan.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14When he was their age, he started boarding at Charter House,
0:16:14 > 0:16:17one of Britain's most prestigious public schools.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Could this table here...please sit down.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26If your name's on this table.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Charles has been shaped by the educational system
0:16:29 > 0:16:32which has got to have a stiff upper lip.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And even if you're feeling something,
0:16:35 > 0:16:40you just have to just put it all aside and do what's expected.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45What we're going to do...I'd like everyone to stand up, say your name
0:16:45 > 0:16:47and something you like
0:16:47 > 0:16:51that begins with the same letter as your first name.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- My name's Cesar and I like cars. - Can we speak up whenever we say our names?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Nice and loud and clear so everyone can hear.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59My name's Zachary and I like zombies.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02'I'm not going to deny that there are very few similarities
0:17:02 > 0:17:05'between their schooling and my schooling.'
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Every week, I expect these to be signed by your parents,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10so that they...
0:17:10 > 0:17:13'But does that mean that somehow that will like sort of taint'
0:17:13 > 0:17:16a student-teacher relationship?
0:17:16 > 0:17:20I think, yeah, it has the potential to do so, definitely,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24but, ultimately, we all have backgrounds and we can't change them.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28One of his pupils is Querem,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31who arrived in London from Congo four weeks ago.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Show this to your father or mother, OK?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40She registered at the school yesterday and doesn't speak English.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44- Connor, how's your French? - Rubbish.- Not good?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46- How's your French?- Terrible.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48LAUGHTER
0:17:48 > 0:17:51How do you say, what country were you born in?
0:17:55 > 0:18:00- Google Translator?- Yeah. That's what we did for the Spanish one.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Querem, just have a look at the board.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07That's question one. Could you just...?
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Charles ropes in a prefect to help with translation,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12so he can get on with the lesson.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I just want to help her, like,
0:18:14 > 0:18:18I know that sometimes you don't understand and I really want to help her.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23"How old were you when you started...school?"
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Put your names inside your planners, please,
0:18:28 > 0:18:30so you've got them for the rest of the time.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Stand behind your chairs, please.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39That was good. I think it went well.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41I think we got everything done that we needed to get done.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43No-one's cried yet.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46No-one's kicked off.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Everyone seems happy.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Yeah.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I'm happy. Good stuff.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- Alex, do you know where you're going? - Come.- Yeah?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01You've got science now. Should I take you?
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Do you mind taking her? Thank you very much.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07It was quite challenging with Querem speaking only French,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10but the prefects are great, really helpful.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12I think I could be firmer, to be honest.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14I think I've been a bit soft.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Got a lot to learn.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20- You or them?- Both. HE LAUGHS
0:19:20 > 0:19:23We're both learning.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Back at Harefield, Meryl's first lesson
0:19:33 > 0:19:35is not ending on such a high note.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Right, Year 7s, it's actually taken a lot longer
0:19:41 > 0:19:43than I gave you credit for.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45When I ask you to put your things in your bags,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47you need to do it silently.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50I will wait until you are all silent before I let you go.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53So...I'll let you go one by one. I was going to do it row by row.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54If you'd like to go for me?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Thank you very much for waiting quietly.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Last but not least, front row off you go. Thank you very much.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Bye, Madam.- Bye, Madam. - Bye. Enjoy your lunch.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- That was awful! - SHE LAUGHS
0:20:04 > 0:20:06It was a lot worse than I thought it would be.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Erm...I was so late to the class
0:20:09 > 0:20:13and they were all queuing up outside, which is terrible.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I completely forgot loads of things.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18I didn't even remember to bring books to the class,
0:20:18 > 0:20:21but thank God there were some books over there.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24It's OK though, they won't remember that.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I don't know what I'm going to teach them tomorrow.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38It's lunch time and Charles is still working.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40He's on playground duty.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Lunch at Lanfranc is only 30 minutes long
0:20:46 > 0:20:49and because of the overcrowding has to take place standing up.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55- What do you have to do?- Loiter. Be a presence. I'll go for a little walk.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00I was just wondering, I'm on duty now, what kind of things should I be doing?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Effectively, the kids will be all round here.- Uh-huh.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07We're talking about...about 1,000 pupils in a school
0:21:07 > 0:21:11that was only designed for about 800, so consequently, what's happening is
0:21:11 > 0:21:14many of them spill out here to have their food, which is fine.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17The best trick is to pick somebody out you're having difficulty with,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21spot them out here doing something good with a basketball, next time you bump into 'em,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- "I saw your skills the other day, it was pretty nice."- Yeah.- It always works. It always works.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- All right, have a good day. - You, too.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30So that's it. That's my briefing.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Now I know what I'm doing.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Loitering still. HE LAUGHS
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Sir, are you a new teacher?- Yeah, I'm new here.- What do you teach?- RE.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48- What's your name?- Mr Wallendahl. Do you like it here?- Yeah, I like it.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- Why do you like it?- The teaching's fun.- It's a good school.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- There's good behaviour.- But we think you're a good teacher,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57from how you're talking to us, we think you're a good teacher.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I haven't taught you anything, have I?
0:21:59 > 0:22:03But from how this conversation's going, we think you're quite a good teacher.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- Guys, you should start heading to your next lessons.- Bye.- Bye.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10I think it's, like, quite a nice site, actually.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15Yeah, it is built on a landfill site, but it's quite green on a sunny day.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19It's pretty cool. I like it.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Right, it must be done, I've got a lesson to teach now.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28You can just leave it unlocked, it'll be fine.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- I'm literally going in the office. - SHE LAUGHS
0:22:32 > 0:22:36So, I've got a 9-5, bottom set, Year 9 class.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Chloe is a second year Teach First trainee.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44They're going to be looking at a little cartoon about the changing economic structure of the UK.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49I think if you went to a school like Lanfranc and you weren't naive
0:22:49 > 0:22:52and you weren't enthusiastic, you wouldn't go in.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55If you were even slightly cynical,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57you would never approach a school
0:22:57 > 0:23:02that had poor results, poor behaviour,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04a crumbling-down building.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06You'd just look at it and walk away,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09because you'd just think there was no hope.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12How bad is it? I didn't expect fights.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14I knew they'd happen, but I put it to the back of my mind.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18I think even though I expected to work long days,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21I didn't expect to work as many hours as I did.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25And I think in your first year, it's about surviving.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26It's about getting through your lessons
0:23:26 > 0:23:30and getting the best out of your kids that you can without killing yourself.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Come and sit down for me. Good morning. Shh!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Morning. Did you remember your book?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- Yeah.- Good boy! Well done. Superstar.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Can you start writing down the date, title and name for me, please?
0:23:40 > 0:23:43OK, Canaan, excellent start, pen in hand.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Well done. Over here. Let me see who else is working.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Well done, Kamal, lovely start.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53I went to a very different type of school.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56The way they interact with each other, the way the lessons are run is so different.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00So, in that sense I was very naive and I think one of the things
0:24:00 > 0:24:03that shocked me most was how much kids can't be bothered to learn.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06We're writing in our books under our heading.
0:24:06 > 0:24:11We're going to write number one and we're going to write a full answer.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- Remember?- All right.- Good boy.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19OK, very quickly, let's go through the answers to one to five,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22so you can make sure you're doing the right thing and then I'll let you get on with it.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35It's been a long first week for the trainee teachers.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39I couldn't really have predicted how much work it would be.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40It's never-ending.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46And the size of the job ahead is just starting to sink in.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58- Don't work too hard. See you tomorrow.- See you tomorrow.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Well, I started work this morning at 6:30, it's now 8:30.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05That's quite a few hours...for one day.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Yeah, work/life balance. Sod that.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19It's week two on the job.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Training alongside Meryl is ex-Harrow public schoolboy Nicholas.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31I don't think it's the fact that it's a challenging school that it appeals to me,
0:25:31 > 0:25:35I love young people.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37I've always enjoyed teaching people skills,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41whether it be little things, like I taught my sister how to ride a bike.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44You know, just little things in my life. I've always enjoyed say,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46teaching people how to do stuff,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48tying knots, you know, whatever it is.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Mia, come and find your place.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54When I heard, go and teach for two years, you can go straight into teaching
0:25:54 > 0:25:59you don't need to train for a year before you go, it rung bells in me.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Nicholas is teaching his Year 9 bottom set maths for the first time.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Today, can everyone write down their learning objective below the starter.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- Do you get it, Rebecca?- I don't know, I just don't get it.
0:26:14 > 0:26:19OK, so...do you understand the idea of a negative number?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Are you trying to understand?
0:26:21 > 0:26:24You've got to try, otherwise you'll be lost all the time.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27If I'm like doing snorkelling or, you know, scuba diving
0:26:27 > 0:26:31and I'm like just 2m below and then my instructor goes like,
0:26:31 > 0:26:35"Right, we're going to go down to the bottom, it's 5m down."
0:26:35 > 0:26:37How far below the sea am I going to be?
0:26:37 > 0:26:42So, I'm two below... and then he says, "We're going down to seven."
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- "We're going down to 5m below the sea."- You said the answer.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Yeah, good. You see, you can do it, right?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50So, you've got to try. So, do a few more questions
0:26:50 > 0:26:53and then you can see if we get them right.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Is the second one just nine take away ten?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Yeah. It's as easy as that. Yeah?
0:26:57 > 0:26:59- How's it going Zoee?- All right, Sir.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Yeah? I'm going to put your name on the board. That's really good.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- It's double E.- Yeah.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07OK, good.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Can I just say, everyone, thank you so much for this lesson
0:27:10 > 0:27:13and if you stand up behind your desks and leave your...
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Rebecca was a sweet girl and there was one time I looked at her
0:27:17 > 0:27:19and I was like, "Have you tried?"
0:27:19 > 0:27:20And she's like, "No."
0:27:20 > 0:27:24She didn't feel at all ashamed to just say, "No, I haven't tried."
0:27:24 > 0:27:27It's new to come face to face with it,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30but I fully expect most of them to be apathetic.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Like, a lot of friends in my schools were apathetic
0:27:33 > 0:27:37and I was a private school, so being apathetic is a part of...
0:27:37 > 0:27:41A lot of students, wherever it is,
0:27:41 > 0:27:44expect to be motivated by their teachers.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48And, actually, I think, you know, that's pretty fair, really.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51If your teachers are totally demotivating,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53then why should you try and work for them?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56At the end of the day, you're there to try and enjoy education.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05Scratch at the surface and there are a lot of teenagers in this area
0:28:05 > 0:28:07as there are with all areas of London and beyond,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10that are living very, very difficult lives.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13By seeing them walk usually around the corridors very calmly
0:28:13 > 0:28:17and normally entering rooms very well, it is easy to forget that.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22First, I'll introduce myself. I'm Miss Noronha.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25I'm going to be your English teacher this year.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Across the corridor from Nick, Meryl is determined not to let
0:28:28 > 0:28:31things like low ability or apathy get in her way.
0:28:31 > 0:28:36As a teacher, I'm hoping to achieve 100% pass rates.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38That's 100% C grades at GCSEs.
0:28:38 > 0:28:43That no kid will fall behind that, yeah, there be no exceptions.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48It's spelt N-O-R-O-N-H-A.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52- How do you spell it? - N-O...
0:28:52 > 0:28:56R-O...N-H-A.
0:28:56 > 0:29:01- Bottom set, what does that mean to you?- Dumb.- Dumb.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03- So do you think...?- Not very smart.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Is that what you think of yourselves?- Yeah.- Yep.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Well, I don't want that kind of attitude in this classroom.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12Because you're Set 6, it doesn't mean I'm not going to push you as though you were a Set 1.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Class! If we can have eyes at the front, please.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17You're going to do a very short writing exercise
0:29:17 > 0:29:18just to practise writing.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22You've done writing for like six weeks in the summer holidays.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26You just need to write about what you did in the summer holidays. OK?
0:29:28 > 0:29:32I'm using this cos I want to get an idea of the kinds of levels that you're at,
0:29:32 > 0:29:35what things we need to look at, OK?
0:29:35 > 0:29:38All right, class, I want to be impressed.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41I really want to be impressed.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46"I did not do nothing for the whole six weeks..."
0:29:46 > 0:29:48I did not do anything, actually.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53"..off... Oh, six weeks off. "..apart from...make-over."
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Wait, hold on, I don't understand.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59I did not do no-think or no-thing?
0:29:59 > 0:30:01OK.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- Thank you very much.- See you later, madam. Have a good day.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08It was a real struggle to even get them to write a paragraph.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Please do not barge doors on each other!
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Even within that, capital letters, full stops,
0:30:14 > 0:30:17poor spelling for, like, four-letter words.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Some of them misspelt "time".
0:30:19 > 0:30:23I shouldn't have to be teaching someone how to spell "time," I don't think, at secondary school.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26It's just worse than I thought it would be, to be honest.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30It's not going to be easy at all.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33One sentence...all lesson.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38And graffiti.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Claudenia and Oliver share a house in south London.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59I love it. I can't think of anything else I'd rather do right now.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Really?! Oh, give it... Wait till Christmas.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- SHE LAUGHS - They've invited the others round for a drink.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09I just remember this time last year, I was so tired.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11- I don't think I've ever been so tired in my life.- Yeah.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14I think all of half term, I slept.
0:31:14 > 0:31:20I'd tell myself to...make sure I had like one night a week
0:31:20 > 0:31:22where I did something, like, for myself.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- In your first year?- Yeah. It's really import...- It's impossible.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26I don't think it's impossible.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30All the people we were at schools with have just chosen to do that as their job.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33They do it every day and that's just their life and their job.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- I'm coming up with all the same lines that my teachers had.- Yeah, exactly!
0:31:37 > 0:31:39"No, wait a minute." LAUGHTER
0:31:39 > 0:31:41"Reece over here...
0:31:41 > 0:31:45"is being incredibly disrespectful and interrupting you,
0:31:45 > 0:31:48"giving your answer, so just wait a minute and we'll wait for him."
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- "We'll just wait for him." - That's what I do.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54"Reece, a minute ago wasn't it real quiet when you were talking?
0:31:54 > 0:31:58"Would you not just show the same courtesy and respect to Jamil?"
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- LAUGHTER - If someone's talking, I just knock on the table
0:32:02 > 0:32:05and I do the eye thing. "Your eyes should be on the board."
0:32:05 > 0:32:07I make a sort of "fff" sound.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11- So it's borderline... - LAUGHTER
0:32:11 > 0:32:14..but you're not actually swearing, so...
0:32:14 > 0:32:16A kid said to me the other day,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19"You should be up to midnight marking my work because that's your job."
0:32:19 > 0:32:22They're taking us for granted and I think that's one of the problems.
0:32:22 > 0:32:28I think that's wrong, because we agreed when we signed that contract that we were outstanding graduates
0:32:28 > 0:32:32and that we're going to go in and do what we can, whatever.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36If anyone owes anyone anything, we owe them our best.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39We're the adults, they're the students. We owe them.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49All six teachers are supported by regular training sessions
0:32:49 > 0:32:53with tutors and senior teachers.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57However, they're also under huge pressure to hit the ground running
0:32:57 > 0:33:00in a bid to improve the school's overall performance.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04How's everyone feeling about RE this year?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Hey, that's not a happy face.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09I think it's going to be a really, really tough year.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Our current Year 11s, there's a lot of trouble with them.
0:33:13 > 0:33:19Hey, Gideon. There's a few very tricky characters in that year
0:33:19 > 0:33:22who are hugely disruptive for the rest of the year,
0:33:22 > 0:33:26which doesn't help a group that's already very low ability.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29I think it's going to be a year
0:33:29 > 0:33:32where everyone's going to have to work a lot harder
0:33:32 > 0:33:34than they already have done
0:33:34 > 0:33:38just to overcome the barriers that we've got to get those GCSE grades.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45OK.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- Caleb, why are you late? - I came, I went and I got water.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Caleb is one of Charles' tricky Year 11 characters.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55OK, I understand that you need to drink water,
0:33:55 > 0:33:58but I expect you to do that outside of my lessons and not...
0:33:58 > 0:34:01He only joined Lanfrac at the end of last year,
0:34:01 > 0:34:05before that he was at a pupil referral unit for three years
0:34:05 > 0:34:08after being kicked out of mainstream school.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12- Joel, why are you late?- One of his friends in school is Joel.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16- I just came from my other lesson. - Why did it take you so long?
0:34:16 > 0:34:20- I got let out...late. - Who's your teacher?
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- What?- Who's your teacher? - Miss Evans.- Miss Evans.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27- Caleb, where's your homework?- Here. - A good moral act.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- That's not homework.- That's homework. - You haven't done it.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- How have I not done the homework? - You just wrote that now.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Do you think good and evil can only
0:34:36 > 0:34:39be defined in opposition to each other?
0:34:39 > 0:34:41You're confused?
0:34:41 > 0:34:47Why, Caleb? Excuse me. Excuse me. Can we not talk over me, please?
0:34:47 > 0:34:53- Erm...Caleb, why are you confused? - I don't know what you're saying.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Write a sentence on each one of these, OK?
0:34:56 > 0:35:00- You can use this if you like.- You said you need God to decide.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Right, Caleb, I've asked you to stop and you're not stopping,
0:35:05 > 0:35:07so I'm going to have to move you.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12OK? Caleb, can you move your book and sit there, please?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Thank you.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16There are times when it kind of like boils over a bit
0:35:16 > 0:35:20and it's so low-level disturbance. I can't really punish them for it,
0:35:20 > 0:35:25because...they're not really doing that much wrong,
0:35:25 > 0:35:27they're just talking.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29I need to send some e-mails.
0:35:36 > 0:35:42We are trying to do a miracle job with a very limited budget.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46We take the ones that people will give up on.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50We don't care. You're someone's kid so, therefore, you deserve a chance,
0:35:50 > 0:35:53just like the next one who's got money out there.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Why shouldn't you be given the same opportunity as them
0:35:55 > 0:35:59because you haven't got the financial backing or because your parents can't afford it
0:35:59 > 0:36:02or because you're a orphan or whatever, you know?
0:36:02 > 0:36:04You live in child care, I don't...
0:36:04 > 0:36:11You know, there are so many different areas, but we can only do what we can with what we've got.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17It's been tough for Caleb to cope moving from the referral unit back into school.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Obviously, I had all my friends there. I got friends here as well, but...
0:36:21 > 0:36:23You know when you just make a bond with someone
0:36:23 > 0:36:25and then you have to break that bond? You know.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27So like, when you're in the centre,
0:36:27 > 0:36:32you have to work really hard to get back into school and... Piss off!
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- LAUGHTER - You have to work really hard to get back into school
0:36:35 > 0:36:38and, like, I worked my butt off to get back into school.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41And now I'm in school, I'm just trying to do right.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45Once you've been expelled, like, out of school permanently, that's it.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47If you don't get back into school especially at a late time,
0:36:47 > 0:36:50I was so lucky to get back in at Year 10 cos they told me
0:36:50 > 0:36:52there was no hope of getting back into Year 10.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56But I've changed, like, I'm not the same person I used to be.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Mohamed, you're moist!
0:36:58 > 0:37:01This is a new page out of my life, in't it?
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Just wipe away everything that happened before
0:37:04 > 0:37:07and then...this is the new me.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Year 8s, you're blocking the way, can you line up in a single file, please?
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Hello. Hello. Hi.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24At Crown Woods, science teacher Claudenia
0:37:24 > 0:37:27is buzzing after her Year 7 class went with a bang.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Today, she's taking on the older kids.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33And you three girls, can you sit at the front as well for me, please?
0:37:33 > 0:37:36It wasn't so long ago that Claudenia was a secondary school pupil herself.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Her life was very good.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42She was in the acting class,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45she was in the dancing class, she was in the running club.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48She passed quite a few of her music exams as well
0:37:48 > 0:37:51at the Royal College of Music.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52While she was at Birmingham,
0:37:52 > 0:37:55she was the President for the Black Union there.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59I went into uni thinking, "I'm going to be a fantastic lawyer."
0:37:59 > 0:38:03And I think at the time I was massively motivated by the money,
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- but I realise now I don't think money's enough for me. - SHE LAUGHS
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Can you sit here for me, please?
0:38:09 > 0:38:12When I told Dad I was going to be a teacher,
0:38:12 > 0:38:16he kind of just...kissed his teeth, walked into the next room.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20The reason why I was not too happy with it,
0:38:20 > 0:38:22there's no principles in this school.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Excuse me. Sorry, can I swap you? You sit here for me.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Children could go and speak to teacher any how they like,
0:38:29 > 0:38:30but the teacher can't do that.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33It's so...unbalanced.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Year 8s, you've been in this school for a year, you know the deal.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39So now they wonder why they have so much problem.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41I think this was quite a bad start.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45From here onwards, I really want to see some better behaviour, OK?
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Claudenia has come up with another whacky idea
0:38:48 > 0:38:52that she thinks will demonstrate how sound travels through the air.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55So, Danny's going to be producing...our sound.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59His hands are producing a sound but what's happening? How can you hear that? You said it.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- They're vibrating.- They're vibrating.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03So, Lucas, on this side.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06For the purpose of this demonstration, Lucas is the ear here.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10These are particles in the middle and for Lucas to hear it here,
0:39:10 > 0:39:14- what direction do these particles have to be vibrating in?- This way.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- What do we think, Year 8s?- I think it's amazing.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- So, who's got the answer?- It didn't make no sense, really.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- It didn't make no sense? That didn't help?- No.- All right. OK.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27- CLAPPING - Never mind.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31The older kids are totally unimpressed
0:39:31 > 0:39:34and quickly lose interest.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- Are you OK?- Yeah. Erm...
0:39:37 > 0:39:43Having heard the racket in the corridor, Mr McDonald steps in to restore order.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47Who am I still waiting for? Come on, everyone, we all know what's producing the sound,
0:39:47 > 0:39:50you're on the phone, what's making the noise?
0:39:50 > 0:39:54- The voice.- The voice.- Your tonsils is where it comes from.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56OK.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Lucas.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03It's not what.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- LAUGHTER - Is it the vibration?
0:40:06 > 0:40:09One second, we're waiting for everyone to stop talking.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11But as soon as his death stare is gone,
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Claudenia's back to square one.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15From you or say, for example, a rabbit eats that
0:40:15 > 0:40:18and you eat the rabbit, that energy is being passed down.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Can I have silence please, Year 8s?
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Can you stand behind your chairs...
0:40:28 > 0:40:32..and put your books in your bags and pack your equipment away?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38She just made us look like idiots. She wasn't explaining it.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42She just made us just move around and me being
0:40:42 > 0:40:46a receiver which, she didn't explain what a receiver's job was and that.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51I just wasn't expecting the Year 8s to be that bad.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55I don't know what I'm doing. They don't know what I'm doing.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02That lesson was so, so, so bad,
0:41:02 > 0:41:07but it was diabolical as in that was just a waste of everyone's time.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- Can't control them at all. - Yeah, you can.- No, I can't.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13I had someone come in and go, "Miss are you, OK?"
0:41:13 > 0:41:16I'm like, "Does it sound that bad?"
0:41:16 > 0:41:18This is just a bit crap.
0:41:18 > 0:41:19Aw, babe.
0:41:23 > 0:41:24Are you down?
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Yeah, I just feel... I don't know.
0:41:28 > 0:41:32We're finished. You can leave your books and your card.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40How's the class community going, Oliver?
0:41:40 > 0:41:44I mean, they hate it but what's important is that it's consistent,
0:41:44 > 0:41:46that I'm doing it every lesson
0:41:46 > 0:41:49and now I have marking to do for some reason, but that's fine.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50I don't mind doing that.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56Oliver has received his first batch of marking, but it's a mixed bag.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59All those strategies that I've read in that book
0:41:59 > 0:42:02that I was talking about, teach like a champion,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05I'd forgotten all of it as soon as I stand up.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09So, this girl, yesterday she refused outright and today,
0:42:09 > 0:42:11let's find out how she is?
0:42:13 > 0:42:15She didn't do it again.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Why did I take these back from them?
0:42:18 > 0:42:23So, you can take them home and then bring them back again on Monday.
0:42:23 > 0:42:24It's what teachers do.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Have you considered contacting home?
0:42:29 > 0:42:31No.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33Well, if they haven't done the first homework,
0:42:33 > 0:42:36it's a chance to introduce yourself as their new teacher.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38I can do some positive phone calls as well.
0:42:38 > 0:42:39And that is always the key.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42We don't make enough positive phone calls.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Matt, I gave him two paragraphs and he wrote an essay.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- Very good. - He wrote an essay.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50He even mentioned, the creator of Apple was Steve Jobs,
0:42:50 > 0:42:52who sadly passed away earlier this year.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55I'm going to give an A star to this kid.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Sir, where's the phone?
0:42:57 > 0:43:03I am business studies teacher at Crown Woods.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08I wanted to call to say how great his work is, really.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10I asked him to do two paragraphs of work and he's basically
0:43:10 > 0:43:13written an essay and it's all pretty perfect to be honest.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17I'm really, really impressed. Thanks so much. Bye.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19It's all about positive framing.
0:43:19 > 0:43:20I could never call a mother and be like,
0:43:20 > 0:43:23"Your kid is awful," you know, no-one wants to hear that.
0:43:23 > 0:43:24You will.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Your kid threw a chair at me, but he's really smart.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38At the Harefield Sports Academy, Meryl has already dished out
0:43:38 > 0:43:40a couple of detentions.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43She thinks that some quality one on one time is her chance
0:43:43 > 0:43:45to improve her students' writing skills.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Can you change my detention?
0:43:48 > 0:43:52But only one boy, Aaron, has turned up and he's not staying.
0:43:52 > 0:43:54Whatever you're free with because I got one Tuesday.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57What's your mum's number? Let me ring her.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59I really need to go now because she's driving.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03- What's your mum's number?- I don't know. I'm actually useless, madam.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07Here's what we'll do. If you miss Thursdays,
0:44:07 > 0:44:08it'll be a lengthy detention.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12Yeah, I will definitely be here Thursday, I promise you.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15I will also set you a homework for Thursday's detention.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18- Do you like Justin Bieber? - No, I hate him.
0:44:18 > 0:44:22- You can write a side of A4 about why you dislike Justin Bieber.- OK.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25- Best of luck with your hospital appointment.- Thanks.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27I'll see you tomorrow. OK.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29- See you.- Do your shoelace.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35But Meryl thinks the hospital appointment could be a fib.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38That's how I could have found out his parents' number.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42Oh, maybe I should just ring her up. I've never rang a parent before.
0:44:42 > 0:44:43Oh, my gosh, what do I say?
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Mrs Matther.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Oh, it's ringing. Oh, my gosh, it's ringing.
0:44:55 > 0:45:00Hi, this is Miss Noronha. I'm Aaron's English teacher.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02Aaron came to speak to me earlier
0:45:02 > 0:45:04because he wanted to move his detention to Thursday
0:45:04 > 0:45:07because he says he's got a hospital appointment today.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09I just wanted to check if that was true.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12OK, thank you very much. Bye.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14He does have a hospital appointment.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20Oh, well. At least now I know.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26The second child, Louis, hasn't bothered to show up at all.
0:45:28 > 0:45:32I think he's gone. I don't think he's coming.
0:45:32 > 0:45:38The annoying thing about having to ring Louis' parents is that Louis
0:45:38 > 0:45:42does have a really long surname which I struggle to pronounce.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46So, I might just have to ring and say,
0:45:46 > 0:45:48"Hello, sir, is this Louis' dad?"
0:45:48 > 0:45:52Rather than say, "Mr Jongruthumayer, Jongruthumayer.
0:45:52 > 0:45:56Maybe if I say it really quickly,
0:45:56 > 0:45:59they won't pick on the fact that I've mispronounced it.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Mrs Jongruthumayer, Mrs Jongruthumayer,
0:46:02 > 0:46:05Mrs Jongruthumayer. OK.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12Mrs Jongruthumayer, Mrs Jongruthumayer.
0:46:12 > 0:46:13Oh, please don't pick up.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26I'm almost relieved she didn't pick up.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28I'll have to try dad, I guess.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33It's a voice mail. It's a voice mail.
0:46:34 > 0:46:38Hi, Mr Jongruthumayer, this is Miss Noronha,
0:46:38 > 0:46:40Louis's year 10 English teacher.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42I just wanted to call just to check.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45Louis is meant to have a detention with me today after school
0:46:45 > 0:46:46but he hasn't shown up.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48I just wanted to double check
0:46:48 > 0:46:51if there was any after school commitment that he may have had
0:46:51 > 0:46:54which meant that he couldn't come to my detention.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56Please don't worry about calling me back.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58I'm sure I'll see Louis tomorrow
0:46:58 > 0:47:01and we'll be able to reschedule his detention for him.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04Thank you very much. Bye. Oh, my gosh.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08That was awful. Why did I leave a voice mail message?
0:47:08 > 0:47:10I also sound like I'm a sixth former, so,
0:47:10 > 0:47:12they might assume it was a prank call.
0:47:22 > 0:47:27Has anybody heard in the news recently about an anti-Muslim film?
0:47:29 > 0:47:32In his next lesson, Charles is showing a video.
0:47:35 > 0:47:36LAUGHTER
0:47:36 > 0:47:38Quiet!
0:47:38 > 0:47:42First of all, you're talking across the table,
0:47:42 > 0:47:46second, you're talking in a film in which I said you should be silent.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Do it again and you'll both be parked.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52OK, you know what being parked is.
0:47:53 > 0:47:59OK, you got three seconds. Two...one. Thank you.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01If you don't understand a word...
0:48:01 > 0:48:05- What's wrong with his lips? - OK, Caleb, Joel...
0:48:05 > 0:48:07- I'm just talking about the thing. - You're both out.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10- What do you mean? We're talking. - I'm parking you. There's one.
0:48:13 > 0:48:17Take your jacket off. And if you go and sit on that table there.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Thank you.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Thank you.
0:48:29 > 0:48:30OK.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36Any other words that people don't understand?
0:48:44 > 0:48:47At the end of the lesson, Charles keeps Joel and Caleb behind.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50How do you think you behaved in that lesson, Caleb?
0:48:52 > 0:48:53My lesson was boring?
0:48:54 > 0:48:55Is that why you're misbehaving?
0:48:59 > 0:49:04Once you left, we learned a lot more, OK.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07Are you going to keep on disrupting other people's opportunity to
0:49:07 > 0:49:10do well at their GCSEs, Caleb?
0:49:16 > 0:49:18Well, we see what happens end of year, won't we?
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Don't worry. Next lesson, next lesson.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23You don't have another lesson. Sit down until I tell you to get up.
0:49:23 > 0:49:26This is my break time.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30You want move from this class? You don't like RE?
0:49:30 > 0:49:35Listen, sir. No, no, I'm sorry.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39No, no, no, no. Listen, stop. I'm sorry, sir.
0:49:40 > 0:49:41For shouting out.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49- You're not sorry? - No, I'm not sorry.- Why not?
0:49:49 > 0:49:52- Your lesson is boring.- Man, Caleb. Stop, man. I'm hungry, man.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55Go then, just go. Send him, send us. Your lesson's boring.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57Why is my lesson boring?
0:49:57 > 0:50:00You're just lifeless. Has anybody got their hand up?
0:50:00 > 0:50:03Does anybody know the answer? It's just boring.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05- What lessons do you like? - I like history.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08- Why do you like history?- Because I want to be a history teacher.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11OK, I think you're both capable of passing this subject, OK?
0:50:14 > 0:50:16- You've both shown me that you have ability.- Right, I'm off.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18OK? See you next week.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24I don't really care about them because they don't want to learn.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Next time, as soon as they piss about, they're going to be out
0:50:27 > 0:50:32because I'm not going to spend, you know, like a third of my time
0:50:32 > 0:50:34dealing with those two.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37He was a kid once, as well. He should know what a fun lesson is.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41He weren't a kid too long ago. He still is to me.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44I don't have any adrenaline left.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48Have some vibes like, be yourself. Have some personality.
0:50:48 > 0:50:52He's like a robot. He's just, yep, the board, yep.
0:50:52 > 0:50:58Can you write about that, please? Yeah, um, yeah, fine, thank you.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00It's hard to learn yeah, when you're so bored
0:51:00 > 0:51:03and I'm finding it hard to even stay awake.
0:51:09 > 0:51:11Tools, routines.
0:51:13 > 0:51:18So, we need to call home because even when I chatted to them afterwards,
0:51:18 > 0:51:21there wasn't really much remorse or taking it seriously.
0:51:24 > 0:51:28Hello, this is Mr Wallendahl calling from Archbishop Lanfranc School.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31At the beginning of this lesson, he was working well today
0:51:31 > 0:51:35but unfortunately, things kind of deteriorated halfway through
0:51:35 > 0:51:39the lesson and I had to send him and another boy out of the class.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42So, I was wondering if you could just discuss that with him.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44I'm going to have to try and work out a plan
0:51:44 > 0:51:46of how to move forward with this.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49Hopefully, that will work.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56Caleb lives in Thornton Heath with his mum,
0:51:56 > 0:51:58a couple of miles away from school.
0:52:04 > 0:52:05How was school today, Ca?
0:52:05 > 0:52:08Listen, school was not made for a boy like me.
0:52:09 > 0:52:11I think it is made for you, Caleb,
0:52:11 > 0:52:15you just got to find your learning curve and then get into it, really.
0:52:15 > 0:52:19Oh, dear, that RE teacher's got a lot to come, hasn't he?
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Caleb's mum wants to discuss the phone call from Charles.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24He rang and he said that he had a good talk with you
0:52:24 > 0:52:27and obviously he feels that you're having good communication.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29He bores me.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31Yeah, but I said to you, you know when you're a new teacher
0:52:31 > 0:52:34and you're learning how to control and teach...
0:52:34 > 0:52:35I noticed that from the first day,
0:52:35 > 0:52:38because he's trying to take the rough approach with everyone.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41- Anything new you pick up, it takes a while to...- He needs to smile.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Well, maybe you could make him happy by not getting kicked out the class.
0:52:44 > 0:52:48- Maybe he's just got bills and debts. - Bills and debts?
0:52:48 > 0:52:52Even if... You shouldn't let that get you down so much, Mum.
0:52:52 > 0:52:57- You could help him to be a happy teacher.- Am I a counsellor?
0:52:57 > 0:52:58You're not counselling.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01You're just doing your best in the lesson to not get in trouble
0:53:01 > 0:53:04or get him irate.
0:53:04 > 0:53:08I always say, your educational record, it's not very good.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10Things that are said about you,
0:53:10 > 0:53:14if people didn't know you, they would think you were an ogre.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16There's no juice, Mum.
0:53:16 > 0:53:22Fighting, theft, argumentative, disruptive.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24Not being able to follow instructions,
0:53:24 > 0:53:30accosting people and then he exploded and attacked a teacher.
0:53:31 > 0:53:35It's just not him. It's not him and I think now he's realised that.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37I'm not that fighting, angry person.
0:53:37 > 0:53:41I'm actually someone that can talk and be able to say,
0:53:41 > 0:53:43"Well, I don't really that's right."
0:53:43 > 0:53:45I see that there's a light at the end of the tunnel
0:53:45 > 0:53:47and things can only get better, now.
0:53:56 > 0:54:00Bad behaviour is boring. It's annoying at times.
0:54:01 > 0:54:06It's the very kind of immature like, I want attention, give me attention.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Even if it's not good attention, I want attention.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Some children have come from very broken backgrounds.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16It makes it difficult but that is something that is very
0:54:16 > 0:54:20difficult to deal with and I don't know how that's going to
0:54:20 > 0:54:22affect my teaching or my relationship with them.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30I can't really fathom why they don't care.
0:54:32 > 0:54:36The way I see it, is that I'm here to help you.
0:54:36 > 0:54:42If you don't want that help, there's not really much I can do for you.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44There's just not a straightforward formula.
0:54:44 > 0:54:48Effort plus 12 hours planning lesson, equals, excellent lesson.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50It doesn't work like that.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56I think there's been about two occasions where I thought, gosh,
0:54:56 > 0:54:57why am I doing this?
0:55:06 > 0:55:08Go, Zach!
0:55:08 > 0:55:10Next week, the honeymoon period is over.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14- Should they be drawing naked women? - Claudenia has a cartoon crack down.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16So, I found this on your desk yesterday,
0:55:16 > 0:55:20- is it an appropriate picture to be drawn in school?- No.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22- Look, I want you on that table. - No, I'm not going there.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24OK, so you've chosen to go outside?
0:55:24 > 0:55:26Charles reaches his limit with Caleb.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28He's not a good teacher, at all.
0:55:28 > 0:55:29You're wasting your potential
0:55:29 > 0:55:33and that's what he came to school to do, to get people like you a grade.
0:55:33 > 0:55:34I'm just a little youth.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37I have no say in my life what happens in my life, so,
0:55:37 > 0:55:38what am I supposed to do?
0:55:38 > 0:55:42And the behaviour in Meryl's classes goes from bad to worse.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45Sit down. Right, Archie stop throwing!
0:55:45 > 0:55:46Aaron, sit down!
0:55:46 > 0:55:50- We've flagged you as a cause for concern.- Hey, hey.