0:00:02 > 0:00:03School can be tough.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- Can we pay attention at the back, please?- Ah!
0:00:06 > 0:00:08And not just for the students.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Move from the door, please, move from the door, please...
0:00:11 > 0:00:15It's exciting, it's not safe. You're not sitting behind a desk.
0:00:15 > 0:00:1950% of teachers leave the job within the first five years.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Come on, get out!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23But some of the country's top graduates...
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Morning on this fine day.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26..are determined to give teaching a go.
0:00:26 > 0:00:32Welcome to GCSE business studies. I am Mr Beach, like the seaside.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34How much experience do I have as a teacher? Um...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37..none.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39You need to sell this location to me.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41'I want to do everyone proud.'
0:00:41 > 0:00:46I want these kids to feel that they've had a good teacher this year.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49The catch - they've only had six weeks of training
0:00:49 > 0:00:51before being let loose on the kids.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Oh!
0:00:53 > 0:00:57When they come into my classroom, they expect to leave with something
0:00:57 > 0:01:00and if I'm not delivering, then I'm failing.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Are they up to the task?
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Sorry.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08I'm just finding everything really hard to deal with.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Can they change the lives of their pupils?
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- Bottom set, what does that mean to you?- Dumb. Not very smart.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I'll be Prime Minister one day, you'll see.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Hi, nice to see you.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Six teachers...
0:01:20 > 0:01:24I knew he was posh, I knew it. I knew it, I knew he was posh.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25..three schools...
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Look at my face. You got a C.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31..one unforgettable year.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33High-five!
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Cheers, guys.- Cheers, well done.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40This week, the school year reaches its climax.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42It's exams for the students...
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Kieran, what are tectonic hazards?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49..and the teachers' futures are in the spotlight.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52I'd be lying if I didn't say I want to be outstanding.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56I have to say, this has been the hardest decision of my life.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10It's the final term before the summer holidays.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13A year of hard work is coming to an end.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Get out, you should be standing behind your desks! Quietly.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Girls, hurry up, you're all late.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23It's GCSEs for some.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25And end-of-year exams for others.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29You can feel it's like a whole school vibe that, OK,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33it's a countdown, you know, you've got ten days, nine days, you know?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35That exams are here and you feel it.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39It's crunch time for the trainees as well.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42If they don't pass the year, their dreams of being a teacher are over.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Can I have an example for what someone might think
0:02:46 > 0:02:48when they hear the word victim?
0:02:48 > 0:02:49'I'm not a quitter.'
0:02:49 > 0:02:51If you can make it through this year,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53if you can make it through Teach First,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56then you can really do anything.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Some are hoping for top marks and being graded as outstanding.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04'Outstanding teaching means outstanding learning.'
0:03:04 > 0:03:06You guys are going to be Einstein.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08That's obviously what I want to achieve.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13I mean, when I was just marking earlier, I was like shouting,
0:03:13 > 0:03:14"She got an A!"
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Archbishop Lanfranc is a comprehensive
0:03:19 > 0:03:21in Croydon, South London.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Morning, Jonathan. Morning, Kieran.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28You all right, Jim?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Chloe is coming to the end of her second year,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32but is having doubts about the future.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Dominic.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35It's a really, really hard decision to make,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38because I've really fallen in love with the school.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42I love the staff, I have so many students that I really enjoy teaching
0:03:42 > 0:03:45and I also sort of have a desire to go and do some travelling again,
0:03:45 > 0:03:47while I'm still young.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50And at the end of these two years, it feels like a natural break.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Look at him, he's going to cry - he can't take it. The emotion!
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Right, Kieran, can you take out that exam paper I gave you last lesson?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Her Year 11 geography bottom set are about to go on study leave
0:04:01 > 0:04:04to revise for GCSE exams.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07This is our final lesson together before you go.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11No, because you have got way too much work to be doing
0:04:11 > 0:04:14to be doing that, OK? At ten o'clock we'll all do a case study
0:04:14 > 0:04:18in timed, silent conditions, and then we'll go through it.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Off you go.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21'I do worry about my Year 11s.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26'I worry that... Individually, some of them are gifted.'
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Bruno, that's enough.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32I just hope that they realise that and they have that drive within them,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35which I don't know if some of them have.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Dominic surprised many by getting an A in the first part of his exam.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Dominic, out.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43No, you're outside - I'll talk to you in a minute.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- Please.- Now you're wasting all our time.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50But since then, he's lacked motivation.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I'm not having you talking over this.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Half an hour to do this.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58So, trade operates in those four countries.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01The people in the corridor, do you want me to do anything with them?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03They're currently disturbing my Year 11 lesson.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06You've opened my door and you're now in the window.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- I've said, "Stand over there." - Stand there, stand there.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12You are doing so fantastically and now you're out here
0:05:12 > 0:05:15while the others are practising a question.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Dominic, look at me when I'm talking to you.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Look here, please. Look. Not laughing.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Get it right. Stop.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22HE LAUGHS
0:05:22 > 0:05:25'Their heads aren't in it, which is a little bit concerning
0:05:25 > 0:05:28'considering they've got their GCSE in a few weeks.'
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Right, you're describing the main features for it.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32'They just need to be focused, determined.'
0:05:32 > 0:05:34They must realise this is a time in their lives
0:05:34 > 0:05:38when they can't mess around. They're going to have to just forget
0:05:38 > 0:05:41about their social life for a few weeks and this has to be priority.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Upstairs, Charles is on course to get the top grade
0:05:51 > 0:05:53at the end of his first year.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56The teachers are graded as satisfactory, good or outstanding
0:05:56 > 0:05:58trainees at the end of year one.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I want not necessarily just superficial learning,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I want depth of learning.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Charles's first year has been a steep learning curve.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11My whole reason for teaching is that it's about relationships
0:06:11 > 0:06:14and that it doesn't matter where you are
0:06:14 > 0:06:18and what circumstance you're in, a teaching relationship can exist.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Achieving this hasn't been easy.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Particularly with 15-year-old Caleb.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27How do you think you behaved in that lesson, Caleb?
0:06:27 > 0:06:29You thought my lesson was boring?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Is that why you're misbehaving?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32OK. What do you...?
0:06:34 > 0:06:38He has no respect for me, I will never have respect for him.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41'You've got to have very thick skin and, like,
0:06:41 > 0:06:43'you've got to be very resilient.'
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Fred, facing the front.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Today, Year 10 pupils are revising for exams and Walid
0:06:48 > 0:06:51has been asked to lead the class.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53So how do people experience God, guys?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Guys, come on. Be energetic, guys.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00OK, come on, guys, anything else?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02SEVERAL PUPILS CALL OUT
0:07:02 > 0:07:06But the power seems to be going to Walid's head.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07- Rasheesh.- No, no, no.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10OK. Right, quietly.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Sir, your lesson is my lesson, so you go and sit down now.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Walid, Walid...
0:07:16 > 0:07:18PUPILS LAUGH
0:07:18 > 0:07:23This... Funny joke, but I actually need to get people to work, OK?
0:07:23 > 0:07:24Ssh, ssh. Walid, ssh.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Just like Caleb, Charles and 15-year-old Walid
0:07:28 > 0:07:30have had a rocky relationship over the year.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I'm waiting for you to give me the answer so I can write it down.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Sir, my hand's swollen. It's a glove, look, it's a glove.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Make me want to teach you,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43cos at the moment you're giving me very little reason to want to.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47After a school trip together earlier in the year,
0:07:47 > 0:07:49it looked like things were on the up.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51'He's a cool teacher.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54'He done a lot of work to get here'
0:07:54 > 0:07:57and I should repay him by hard work at school.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- Walid...- It's my lesson!
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Walid, where do you think this is going? Positive or negative?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- BOY:- Negative. - Get out my class.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09OK, Walid, calm down. Can you go and make sure people
0:08:09 > 0:08:11are doing their debate, please, OK? Walid, this is getting
0:08:11 > 0:08:14very close to you going and standing outside an office. OK?
0:08:14 > 0:08:19- This is my class. This is my class. - Walid, outside now. I want a word.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21I want to have a word outside.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26You're being silly, OK?
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Calm down. I'll think about letting you back in the classroom.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- At the moment, you're not ready to be in my classroom.- I am, I am!
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- Walid, outside.- Oh!
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Walled, stop attracting attention.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Walid, stop being an attention seeker.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Walid, get out.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Unless you want to go and stand outside Mr Lauser's office...
0:08:51 > 0:08:52WALID LAUGHS
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Unacceptable.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56OK.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Hands up, what would...
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Hands up, please - what would a Christian say?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06What was that?
0:09:06 > 0:09:07What?
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Sitting on the floor, having a tantrum like a three-year-old.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12I wasn't having a tantrum.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Give me one good reason why I shouldn't ask you to go
0:09:14 > 0:09:16and stand outside Mr Lauser's office right now.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Cos I've got a PE lesson.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Right, I've got a lesson to teach.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- We're going to go and see Mr Lauser now.- No, no!
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Walid, you're going outside Mr Lauser's office.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27- I got a lesson to go to.- No.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- I've got a lesson to go to. - No. You're going this way.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- I'm not going to Mr Lauser's. - Wait. Walid, if you don't...
0:09:32 > 0:09:34I've got a lesson to go to!
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Do you want to make it worse for another time?- How?
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- You got a lesson to teach. - OK, now.- Oh...!
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Hi.- You all right?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Nicholas and Meryl both teach at the Harefield Academy
0:09:55 > 0:09:57in North-West London.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59What's going on with you this time?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03What do you want from the last 13 weeks?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Um, what do I have want?- Yes.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Specifically within the realms of teaching.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I just want to love my pupils.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13THEY LAUGH
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- I'm going to fall asleep today, I can feel it.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20The two trainees have grown close over their first year.
0:10:20 > 0:10:26We came here together and, yeah, I do feel a sense of, you know,
0:10:26 > 0:10:29like, unity with her, like we're in it together and we've, like,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32done our late nights together and stuff.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I kept all my shirts and all my dresses...
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Nick hopes to pass the year with an outstanding grade.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40What we're going to do is something a bit different.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Today's objective is for you to all understand
0:10:43 > 0:10:45all of your corrections in your tests.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48You've each been assigned a question that you will...
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Today, he's having his final assessment.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Off you go.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Is anyone working on 6B?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Yeah? You've done three.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00This isn't even my book!
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Ask somebody who got it right
0:11:02 > 0:11:04and you'll have to be able to explain it...
0:11:04 > 0:11:08I mean, overall, for me, it's been a wonderful experience.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13I mean, just on a personal level, I went from being a student
0:11:13 > 0:11:14to being a working man.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17'I've grown up and become an adult.'
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Coming from a background where money's not an issue,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26I've always been really wary never to make choices based on that.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32But I feel that I'm using the great education that I've had
0:11:32 > 0:11:35to put back into the system somewhat.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38His success has been helped by his willingness to bond with pupils,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40especially Zach.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Does your sister care about, like, you being good in school?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Yeah. She hates it when I'm not good. - Really?
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Yeah, cos she wants me to, like...- Do well?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- Yeah, do well for myself and...- Yeah.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Put it back, there'll be a pen, a rubber
0:11:54 > 0:11:56and a whiteboard that's cleaned.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00This was clearly a good lesson, absolutely rock solid.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05Good, adventurous lesson with some features, like the structure
0:12:05 > 0:12:07and the design and the student-led learning,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10those are moving into outstanding, so that was a very...
0:12:10 > 0:12:12You know, that was a good lesson.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Thanks a lot. - Well done, well done, very good.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Choosing to become a teacher has meant some personal sacrifices
0:12:25 > 0:12:27for devout Christian Nick.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31He's spent the whole year living apart from his French fiancee,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Anne-Laure.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36She's flown over to spend a romantic weekend with him.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43I met Anne-Laure on a pilgrimage to a great big basilica in France
0:12:43 > 0:12:46called Vezelay, and we were introduced by a nun,
0:12:46 > 0:12:48which is something I'm very proud of.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52By the end of spending a few days with her, I was just like,
0:12:52 > 0:12:54"This is my wife, job done."
0:12:55 > 0:12:57OK, it's fine, can you pass the pump?
0:12:59 > 0:13:00This is the bit where I warm up!
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Ah...
0:13:05 > 0:13:07What's so special about her? Describe her.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Oh, man, you're going to ask me these sorts of questions?
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Bloody hell.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Um... Oh, man, really?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17OK, hold on a sec.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22'I mean, she's just so cool. She's a beautiful person
0:13:22 > 0:13:26'and the fact that we can share our faith on a deep level'
0:13:26 > 0:13:29means that we're just going to have the funnest life ever.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Oh, my word.- 'She's just going to be an amazing wife.'
0:13:35 > 0:13:37'You know, naturally in a relationship,
0:13:37 > 0:13:38'you go through emotions,
0:13:38 > 0:13:40'you miss each other in different moments.'
0:13:40 > 0:13:44You can't give each other a hug, which are so important moments
0:13:44 > 0:13:47in relationships, that physical presence of the other.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48OK, now you've got to let me teach you,
0:13:48 > 0:13:52- cos you're just like, "No, no, no."- No, OK, OK.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55'I don't think it's a great context'
0:13:55 > 0:13:58for you to develop a serious relationship
0:13:58 > 0:14:00and to develop the love you have for each other.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Nick's future wife doesn't understand his choice of career.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06For me, it's a bit strange, it's a bit like,
0:14:06 > 0:14:08"Why would you do this kind of thing?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11"You've done, like, an amazing university..."
0:14:11 > 0:14:14and I can see his friends,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17they're all, like, earn money and had, like, wow,
0:14:17 > 0:14:21completely different way of life. They don't work as much as he works.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Yeah, I think the work will never go down for now.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28It will only get easier in the sense that...
0:14:28 > 0:14:30She's not the only one who's not convinced.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34I don't think he was actively thinking of being a teacher
0:14:34 > 0:14:37until the idea of Teach First came up.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41The opportunity to have an accelerated entry into teaching
0:14:41 > 0:14:44and to do it for two years in a really intensive way
0:14:44 > 0:14:46suddenly appealed.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48I think he has a sense of adventure.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50If you ask him now, "What do you want to be?"
0:14:50 > 0:14:53you know, I don't think he would really know how to answer that.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57I think he's someone who gives life... It's all in the moment
0:14:57 > 0:15:01and it's not with some long-term plan.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Nick's colleague Meryl's decision to be a teacher
0:15:07 > 0:15:08was anything but impulsive.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13'It's the only thing I've ever really wanted in life, is to be a teacher.'
0:15:15 > 0:15:18My commitment to sort of addressing educational disadvantage
0:15:18 > 0:15:20is a lifelong commitment.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23We should have Star of the Week for Year 10
0:15:23 > 0:15:25and all of our good course control assessments
0:15:25 > 0:15:27we can put up on the Wall of Fame.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31'I realise that you can make a huge impact in two years,'
0:15:31 > 0:15:37but I look to the impact I can make over 10 years, 20 years.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41But Meryl's had to work hard to succeed and hold on to her job.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45There are days where I do feel like, yeah,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48I feel like the school want to fire me.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52"This is bad. Why is it bad?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54"What are you doing that's making it bad?"
0:15:54 > 0:15:58I'm like, "I'm trying. I'm here so late every day."
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Surely everyone is bad at the beginning.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Having passed the year with a good grade,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Meryl's been set a new challenge.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12WW, I'm expecting good things. Stanza four.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18The sports academy has a number of talented young pupils.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Let me help you out.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Meryl is working as a mentor to one of them, 15-year-old James.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27James Karageorgis is a great kid,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31he's a British champion gymnast.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37He faces his end-of-year exams soon
0:16:37 > 0:16:40but, because of his training, he's falling behind.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45He's bright, when he works hard he produces fantastic work.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- Nice - you're putting in adverbs. - Thank you.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53And yet he can be one of the most frustrating kids that I teach.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54OK, James?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Yes, Miss?- James?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00'Always ignoring me.'
0:17:00 > 0:17:04I literally have to chase him down the corridor
0:17:04 > 0:17:07at the end of the day, to catch up on work.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Go and wait outside. - For what?- Just wait outside.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12He also gets lots of detentions.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14But do you have five minutes?
0:17:14 > 0:17:17But finding time to do them is another matter.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20When do you train for gymnastics at Heathrow?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Oh, gosh, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Can we open a window? It's really hot in here.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Your attitude in English I find quite rude sometimes.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33You're just shouting across the classroom,
0:17:33 > 0:17:35so can we just adjust that, please?
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Are you about to fall asleep, James?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- I'm pretty tired. - OK, I'll bet you are.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Moved to...
0:17:43 > 0:17:44..Monday.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49OK, all right, have a nice evening.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Honestly, when can you grab that kid during the day
0:17:52 > 0:17:54where he's not half dead?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02At Crown Woods, Claudenia has cracked most of her classes,
0:18:02 > 0:18:05but still struggles with her demanding Year 10 students.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Good afternoon.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09OK, you may be seated.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Throughout the whole year, they've been a constant battle.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18I've lost this group.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Just have them, like, laugh in your face,
0:18:20 > 0:18:25like, I'm talking to a group of Year 10 girls, what are they, 14? 15?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27And I'm shaking, like, what the hell?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Have you got your planner?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- Can you take out your planner, please, Rebecca?- Yeah, in a minute.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37This term, she's trying a new approach,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40making the practicals clearer and more engaging.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Rebecca, in your seat for me, please.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46It's a practical, so it's an opportunity for you to shine.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47OK.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50But, to add to the pressure, the lesson is being observed
0:18:50 > 0:18:54by a course tutor and counts towards her final mark for the year.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Just to make it really clear, Year 10s.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02Today, for the first five minutes, you're just doing section one,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05all must do the C grade task, OK?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Zena, unplug that one for me, please. Unplug this for me.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- Yeah, it's just...- Yeah?
0:19:10 > 0:19:12OK, I think we've got it.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17I think it's getting better, but it's still kind of boring,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- cos any subject's kind of boring. - Yeah.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24So what are we waiting for here?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Maybe it is the way Miss Williams is teaching,
0:19:27 > 0:19:31cos she's kind of changed... I just feel like I'm learning more
0:19:31 > 0:19:33in this lesson, I'm not even sure why.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Before, we just used to write stuff and she would explain it
0:19:36 > 0:19:37and she wouldn't explain it properly,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39but now we're doing practicals,
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- having group activities and stuff, so...- Yeah.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Year 10s, can I have your attention, please?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50For your homework, Leo and Louise...
0:19:50 > 0:19:52She's made huge progress.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Perhaps what I'm seeing as well is somebody
0:19:54 > 0:19:56who's responding to the children a lot more.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01- Are you telling me you walked from across my room with a lit flame?- No.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03I've learned.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I can't say I've confidently conquered this class,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11I don't feel that way. But I feel I've made massive steps.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I think we've got somebody here who...
0:20:13 > 0:20:15This will be a lifelong decision for her
0:20:15 > 0:20:19and she will stay in education in some form or another, you know.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23I think she's got the potential to do that and she's done really well.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Claudenia's fellow trainee at school is Oliver.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Today, it's his final observation.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Can you form a line outside?
0:20:31 > 0:20:34Thank you. I've got a pocket square to match.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Here we go, this is your check list to print.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42It will decide his final mark and his future career options.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Ratchet?
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Yes, sir?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Fix your collar.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I'd be lying if I didn't say I want to be outstanding.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53If I'm going to stay in education, then I'm going to progress
0:20:53 > 0:21:00in education. I've had lessons which people have graded, you know,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02good with outstanding features.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04OK, can everyone please spin around
0:21:04 > 0:21:09so I can see all of your beautiful, multicoloured eyes?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Cornelia, why do you think you've been given a sheet?
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Oliver has his own personal reasons for wanting to succeed at school.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19School, for me, was horrible. I hated going to school, you know,
0:21:19 > 0:21:23I cried every day when I got home from school.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27I found it just a really terrible experience.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29You know, when I was 14,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32I came home from school and it was the worst...
0:21:32 > 0:21:35I nearly did something that...
0:21:35 > 0:21:37would mean I wouldn't be standing here today.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Um...
0:21:39 > 0:21:40And...
0:21:42 > 0:21:47..can't even begin to imagine how my mum felt that day.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51What comes before profit?
0:21:51 > 0:21:56How do you link meeting customer needs to increased sales?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58If you're able to meet the customer needs,
0:21:58 > 0:22:00the customer's going to be more satisfied
0:22:00 > 0:22:02and the demand will increase,
0:22:02 > 0:22:04meaning that your sales will increase
0:22:04 > 0:22:07and then, exponentially, the business could become bigger.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Fantastic. If I had a Beach bill, you'd have got one
0:22:10 > 0:22:14just for saying exponentially. That's fantastic, OK?
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Off we go.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Do you feel this helps?
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Yeah, I know, I was very impressed. Very impressed.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- Thank you, Mr Beach.- Thank you.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32It's the week before half term
0:22:32 > 0:22:36and, at Lanfranc, the Year 11s are about to finish school forever.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40For some of you, this has been a day
0:22:40 > 0:22:42you've been waiting for for the past five years.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45In that, time David Cameron has become Prime Minister
0:22:45 > 0:22:48and Arsenal still haven't won a trophy!
0:22:48 > 0:22:50UPROAR
0:22:53 > 0:22:56It doesn't matter where we really started.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58It's where we finish.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03And I think we are going to finish at the top!
0:23:03 > 0:23:05CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Oh! I don't want to leave! I actually don't want to leave.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17I'm a bit sad, to be honest, to be leaving Lanfranc.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Obviously, I'm going to miss a lot of my friends.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23I'm going to college with some of them,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25but, yeah, I'll miss a lot of them.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Got to be focused,
0:23:29 > 0:23:33revise all the subjects I need to revise
0:23:33 > 0:23:35and get it into my brain.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Obviously, I've got a lot of things in my brain,
0:23:38 > 0:23:41but I need to get a bit more of that knowledge.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46My heart's split in four pieces, not two.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49It does really hurt the heart. When you know you're leaving five years
0:23:49 > 0:23:53of the best years of your life, it hurts.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57For their teacher, Chloe, there is still the dilemma
0:23:57 > 0:24:00about whether to stay in teaching or go travelling.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Having received an outstanding grade last year,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05the school are eager to keep her on.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09This time of year, we're starting thinking about timetabling,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12starting to think about responsibilities in the future.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15What are you going to do? It's second year Teach First.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18I definitely want to feel as though I'm progressing.
0:24:18 > 0:24:19I enjoy teaching...
0:24:21 > 0:24:24..but I feel like you only scratch the surface of stuff,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27you can only do so much in an hour. The one massive thing
0:24:27 > 0:24:31that I've learnt here is that I'd want to work with young people
0:24:31 > 0:24:34and that's what this school's shown me.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38And that you are good at that but, at the end of the day,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41that's refreshing because, you know, you get people
0:24:41 > 0:24:43coming for Teach First and there's no long-term commitment.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45That's a nice, easy one. Well done.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47You start off with, "I don't know what I want to do,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49"but I do know I want to travel."
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- We've had that conversation.- Help me!- "I'm going to travel," yep.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- My least favourite conversation. - Really?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Right, let's just... SHE LAUGHS
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Um...
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Was it a bit awkward? There were moments I was thinking, "Oh, God,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09"what if I just want to go travelling?"
0:25:09 > 0:25:10But I just, I didn't...
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Yeah, it's really hard, I didn't know what to say about that,
0:25:17 > 0:25:20because I have always said that if they can offer me something
0:25:20 > 0:25:24awesome here, it would massively tempt me to stay.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28I do really like it here. As rubbish as it can be.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34I work with such lovely people here that do just want to support you.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37I found it quite hard to say that I was thinking about leaving.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- What are you going to do now?- Cry.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Get drunk.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Drown my emotions!
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Whilst Chloe still hasn't decided whether to stay or not,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Charles is holding a detention for Walid
0:25:54 > 0:25:56following his poor behaviour.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Charles is hoping that Walid's up-and-coming work experience
0:26:05 > 0:26:07will get him to think about his future.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11The reason we're here is to see people achieve
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and to see people succeed and do well
0:26:14 > 0:26:16and to make the most of their potential,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18and he wants to go to university,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21he wants to, you know, do well in his GCSEs.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25But, actually, the reality is he's getting Bs at the moment,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27he's getting Bs and Cs.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31And, in this competitive world, it doesn't get you very far.
0:26:31 > 0:26:36And I sort of suggested him to reflect on how he got from being
0:26:36 > 0:26:40leading learning really well in that lesson to...
0:26:41 > 0:26:45..having a tantrum on the floor in the course of 20 minutes.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Right, I'll see you soon.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07I do think he's the kind of person that, one day, it will click.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09One day, it'll click.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12One day, it'll just be like, "Oh, I need to grow up."
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Before breaking up for summer,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20all Year 10 students do a week-long job placement.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24It focuses the pupils on exams and life beyond school.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Walid has opted to do his at an optician's.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Hello, Specsavers Greenford. Walid speaking, how may I help you?
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- If it breaks, we'll just replace it for her, for free.- Thank you.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39- Do you want these ones?- Yes, please.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Hello? I'm sorry about that, yeah, you're booked in for ten o'clock.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Bye.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50My God. She's a feisty one.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Can you see a green light there?
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- Yes, I can see now. - You can see, yeah?- Yeah.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58That's good.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Walid seems to have impressed the boss.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- Yeah.- Made a rainbow.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08And if you could just sit back, and put your left eye there?
0:28:08 > 0:28:12He's a very confident young man and he's only proven to me
0:28:12 > 0:28:15what you can do at such a young age with his confidence.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18He's been fantastic with us and, once he turns 16,
0:28:18 > 0:28:21he really will be a commodity for anyone that he works for.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23You've got Armani over here.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Back at Harefield, sports protege James
0:28:47 > 0:28:50has failed to turn up to his detention.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Hi, Mr Beamer, it's Miss Neurona.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55OK.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Just answer with one word, OK?
0:28:58 > 0:29:03Is James Karageorgis in his science catch up?
0:29:04 > 0:29:06He is? Interesting.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12OK. I'm going to come along
0:29:12 > 0:29:16and find out why he regretted to inform me
0:29:16 > 0:29:20that he has science catch up when I set him a one-hour detention.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Don't let your eyes reveal anything. I'll come and see you in a sec.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27With his mock exams around the corner,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Meryl had planned a session of intensive revision.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- James. Whoa, whoa.- I need to go.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35You go that way, I'm going to go this way.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- I'm sorry, where are you going, James?- Home!
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Do you not have a one-hour detention with me, James?
0:29:44 > 0:29:47James, I just want to know when you're going to come
0:29:47 > 0:29:50for the one-hour detection. Tomorrow, I believe you've got maths catch up
0:29:50 > 0:29:52and Wednesday IT
0:29:52 > 0:29:54and Thursday IT. James, don't walk away.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Very quickly, James, I'm talking to you like a human being.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00James.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Just tell me what day.
0:30:03 > 0:30:04So you don't have maths tomorrow?
0:30:06 > 0:30:09You don't have maths catch up? Tomorrow, James.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11This kid.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Is he trying to pull a fast one?
0:30:19 > 0:30:21What...?
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Why are you coming in like that?
0:30:22 > 0:30:24How was your day today?
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Yeah, I felt more or less more like a teacher than last week.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Yeah, same. I don't know what happened over the weekend.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Last week was a bit... Well, I had quite a relaxing weekend.
0:30:35 > 0:30:36That wasn't even kind of close.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Meryl, it's just so amazing to be here marking together.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42- I know.- It's so romantic.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44My fiancee would be so jealous.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Oh, yeah.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49There is nothing more romantic than marking.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59It's half term, the final one of the year.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Hello, how are you?
0:31:02 > 0:31:05The six trainees have a week off to catch up with family and friends.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10If someone told me in September I'm so much in love with my job,
0:31:10 > 0:31:12I would have just laughed, I think.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14LAUGHING AND CHATTING
0:31:14 > 0:31:17So you're not thinking about staying on after next year?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19I don't know, I would like to stay,
0:31:19 > 0:31:22but I wouldn't want to just stay doing exactly the same thing
0:31:22 > 0:31:25that I've done this year and last year, I'd want something to change.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29I said the small one without the dimples.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32For Nick, his fiancee, Anne-Laure, has been over from France
0:31:32 > 0:31:34to finalise wedding plans.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- I quite like this writing.- Yeah.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40The woman being in charge on weddings is just pretty normal.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43I've met no man who's been sort of in the control seat.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Can we put the bags in the front? Let's put the bags in the front.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51During her stay, Nick has come to a life-changing decision.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57'In May, it dawned on me that perhaps I hadn't given God
0:31:57 > 0:32:00'the space or time to show me'
0:32:00 > 0:32:02that I should leave Teach First
0:32:02 > 0:32:04and go and live with Anne-Laure in Toulouse.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- Did you have a nice little sleep? - Sorry!
0:32:06 > 0:32:08That's all right.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09On course to be outstanding...
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Thank you very much.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14..Nick's resignation has not gone down well at the school.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17I was pretty shocked and horrified, I have to say.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20I talked to him about moral purpose, you know,
0:32:20 > 0:32:22the moral purpose for Teach First
0:32:22 > 0:32:24is to see it through for the two years.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Some sense of betrayal...
0:32:26 > 0:32:27We're left in the lurch.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32Here is a young person who could make a real difference
0:32:32 > 0:32:35and they're not going to see it through,
0:32:35 > 0:32:38so, you know, the teaching profession has lost a potentially
0:32:38 > 0:32:42very, very good teacher for the future and, gosh, do we need them.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45And to this day I don't want to leave.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47On a professional level
0:32:47 > 0:32:49and everything about what I've lived this year,
0:32:49 > 0:32:51I don't want to leave.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53And that's really clear, that's really clear for me.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56The reason I'm leaving is entirely personal.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00Like, it's only because I'm getting married and my wife wins.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04I'm obviously really upset that you're going,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07and I love you like a little brother.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08Pfft! Whatever.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Well, cousin. Distant cousin.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I can't even come to terms with the fact that I'm getting married,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15cos I'm not with Anne-Laure all the time, like,
0:33:15 > 0:33:17we chat on the phone about it,
0:33:17 > 0:33:19but we're just like, "This is so weird."
0:33:19 > 0:33:21- (One word.)- Be.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26See you later, alligator.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Get out.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Thanks for nothing, Church.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32- See you later.- See you later.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Like, I don't want to lose, like, my best friend at the school,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42but I want my friend to be happy and...
0:33:43 > 0:33:46You know, I'll ring him.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52And try and visit him maybe once or twice in France or something.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56It's sad, it's sad, but...
0:33:59 > 0:34:00I don't know.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06He'll be all right.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10So I guess knowing that just makes me feel like, yeah,
0:34:10 > 0:34:11I can't be mad.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Despite Meryl's disappointment about Nick's news,
0:34:25 > 0:34:28she is determined to go the extra mile
0:34:28 > 0:34:31to see her student, James, achieve his potential.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35Having crashed her car last term, she has some new wheels.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40She's roped in boyfriend and curate Stefan Christostenau
0:34:40 > 0:34:41to help her on her way.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Would you be able to bless my car today?
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Yeah, no. There's no...
0:34:45 > 0:34:47I need to get her blessed, and I know you said
0:34:47 > 0:34:49you'd do it on the weekend, but while we're out, might as well.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51No, I'm happy to.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53I mean, maybe it's nicer to do it now that it's all clean.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- It's like a...- Ha! Baptism.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06Heavenly Father, we ask you to bless this car
0:35:06 > 0:35:10and keep Meryl and all who travel in it safe from harm.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14May they journey with due regards to safety and the law of the land,
0:35:14 > 0:35:18but also to the greater law of charity to our neighbour,
0:35:18 > 0:35:22and as you sent your angel, Raphael, to watch over Tobias on his journey,
0:35:22 > 0:35:26so send your angel to watch over this car and all who use it.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- Through Christ, our Lord, amen. - Amen.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46So there you are.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50One...bright, shiny, clean and now blessed car.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Thank you.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53That's all right.
0:35:55 > 0:35:56Oh, yeah, go ahead.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02God bless and keep you. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, amen.
0:36:02 > 0:36:03Amen, thank you.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Well, thank you for blessing my car.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12Meryl is driving 200 miles to Stoke to see her elusive pupil
0:36:12 > 0:36:17defend his title as the British acrobatic gymnastics champion.
0:36:17 > 0:36:20APPLAUSE
0:36:20 > 0:36:23I think one of the biggest things in your first year
0:36:23 > 0:36:27is trying to develop relationships with the students.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Bottom line is you want them to realise
0:36:29 > 0:36:33that you're not there to be horrible, you're not there to be their friend,
0:36:33 > 0:36:37but you're there as someone who cares about their education
0:36:37 > 0:36:39and is trying to help them.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47I have never been to anything like this in my life.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51I think the only thing I can really compare it to is...
0:36:52 > 0:36:57..the final sequence of The Karate Kid, the 1984 version.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Looks good, doesn't it?
0:36:59 > 0:37:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:37:04 > 0:37:08DRAMATIC MUSIC
0:37:33 > 0:37:36CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:37:41 > 0:37:47I can't get over the fact that a kid that I teach just does this.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52It's just so weird.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55Like, it's so technical and they're so precise,
0:37:55 > 0:37:58you forget that you're watching children.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01They're children, this is ridiculous.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03- ANNOUNCER:- The age group 11 to 16 years mixed pair,
0:38:03 > 0:38:08British champions are James Karageorgis and Filicia Mallins!
0:38:08 > 0:38:10CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Can't believe it. He's a British champ.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17So, so proud of him.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19I don't think he knows I'm here yet.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Congratulations, well done.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25I'm really proud. You did really, really well.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27- I didn't know you were here. - Why are you being shy?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30You did really, really well. You should be really proud of yourself.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Well, thank you very much.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34All right, I'm not going to embarrass you any more.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36See you in school. Don't forget your coursework's due.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- Oh, yeah, my coursework. - Yeah, don't forget about it.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40'I have high expectations of him,'
0:38:40 > 0:38:43so he better watch out.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50At Crown Woods, Oliver has high expectations of his own.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Hello.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53He's about to discover if he has achieved
0:38:53 > 0:38:55the outstanding mark he wants.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59'I'm under huge pressure,'
0:38:59 > 0:39:01and sometimes I think because I...
0:39:03 > 0:39:05A lot of people just didn't think
0:39:05 > 0:39:09anything was going to become of me at school,
0:39:09 > 0:39:11I almost feel like sometimes
0:39:11 > 0:39:13it's like "stick it to the man" essentially.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17You know, it's been great having you
0:39:17 > 0:39:19as a Teach First candidate this year and you've brought a lot
0:39:19 > 0:39:22to the school in terms of your own personal experience
0:39:22 > 0:39:25and your own personal style, and your approach to teaching.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27And, you know, I think it's going to lead
0:39:27 > 0:39:29to a very exciting career as we move forward.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31I mean, the school's recommendation is that
0:39:31 > 0:39:34your overall assessment for year one is outstanding,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37cos we feel that's the contribution that you've made this year
0:39:37 > 0:39:40and that's where we feel things should be at.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- So really well done.- Thanks.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Shall we high-five?
0:39:44 > 0:39:45- We'll shake hands.- Shake hands?
0:39:45 > 0:39:47'I'm really happy.'
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Thanks, Maurice. Cheers.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51'It's so interesting how my life has developed'
0:39:51 > 0:39:54from hating going to school and, like, crying at home
0:39:54 > 0:39:58and, like, trying to think of excuses why I didn't have to
0:39:58 > 0:40:02go to school and eating my lunch in the toilet,
0:40:02 > 0:40:04you know, that sort of thing,
0:40:04 > 0:40:08and now I just love coming to school.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10I hardly ever eat my lunch in the bathroom.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15From this accidentally creativity, they created a burger...
0:40:15 > 0:40:17'When I look back'
0:40:17 > 0:40:20at Oliver then, I see a stranger.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23I don't see the person I see now.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Remember that quote I did?
0:40:25 > 0:40:28"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken."
0:40:28 > 0:40:31All these quotes that I'm using, they all mean something to business.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33'Can I read a quote?'
0:40:34 > 0:40:36You can't, er...
0:40:41 > 0:40:43You can't go to the...
0:40:43 > 0:40:46You can't be at the end and start a new beginning,
0:40:46 > 0:40:48but you can start a new beginning...
0:40:49 > 0:40:51..and look towards a new ending.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55That didn't make sense.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57That's not it.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09Success is liking what you do and liking how you do it.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Success isn't just about what you accomplish in your life,
0:41:13 > 0:41:15it's about what you inspire...
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Off to see the wizard.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Claudenia also has reason to celebrate.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28I feel a bit Tina Turner.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33She has received outstanding for her first year
0:41:33 > 0:41:36and has been selected to attend a special reception.
0:41:36 > 0:41:41So I'm going to Number 10 today to see the Prime Minister -
0:41:41 > 0:41:43as you do on a Monday!
0:41:43 > 0:41:45I should be teaching my Year 10s,
0:41:45 > 0:41:48but I've got another teacher teaching them today for me.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51So it's really exciting, we're going to celebrate ten years
0:41:51 > 0:41:54of Teach First and I've been lucky enough to be selected to go.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01She has chosen one of her Year 11 GCSE pupils to come with her.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03Hi, miss.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07Hi, Jessiah, looking very smart, well done.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11My mum thought it was appropriate, and I did, as well.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Since I'm meeting the Prime Minister I had to look in good shape,
0:42:14 > 0:42:18so my mum bought me a suit on Saturday to wear.
0:42:18 > 0:42:19Why did you pick me, Miss?
0:42:19 > 0:42:20Have a think.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Maybe I have potential that you've seen.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25- Maybe you have potential that I've seen.- Yeah.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29I don't who's more excited. I'm sure I'm more excited.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30I'm excited.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- I just want to get to Number 10. - Is that the door?
0:42:33 > 0:42:35(Oh, my God!)
0:42:35 > 0:42:38It is the door, it is the door! Ah!
0:42:39 > 0:42:41That's so cool.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44POLICE OFFICER: That's all right, knock at the door.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Argh! I'm going to knock.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49OK, knock it once, I want to knock, as well. OK?
0:42:49 > 0:42:51- Aw, I didn't really get to knock it. - Hello, there.- Hello.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- Are you for the reception?- Yes.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Across the country, it's exam season.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23So there's three sections - section A, section B and section C.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25At Lanfranc, it's the moment of truth
0:43:25 > 0:43:27for Chloe's Year 11 bottom set.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31So you answer the question on rivers or on coasts - don't do both.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34Today, they are sitting their final geography exam.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37The other section will be on economic development.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39'I really hope some of them will pull it out of the bag.'
0:43:39 > 0:43:42I don't know if they will, though, to be honest,
0:43:42 > 0:43:45I don't know how much revision some of them did at the end.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Kieran, what are tectonic hazards?
0:43:48 > 0:43:49Yeah.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07Ten minutes after the exam starts, Dominic makes an appearance.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12(Just fashionably late, isn't he?)
0:44:14 > 0:44:17(Just, you know, rock in whenever.)
0:44:18 > 0:44:20(Gave me a heart attack.)
0:44:22 > 0:44:24(Right, got to go and teach.)
0:44:35 > 0:44:38At Harefield, Meryl's Year 10 mock exam results are in.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43When I went in, he was practically sleeping in the exam.
0:44:43 > 0:44:45So, without naming names,
0:44:45 > 0:44:46an F...
0:44:46 > 0:44:48one mark off an E...
0:44:48 > 0:44:50we've got an E...
0:44:51 > 0:44:56It's a chance to see if her commitment to James has paid off.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58Wait a minute, I'm missing one.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01(I'm missing one!)
0:45:03 > 0:45:04Oh my gosh, I've lost one.
0:45:04 > 0:45:05No, here it is.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08I'm going to start bringing around your mocks, OK?
0:45:08 > 0:45:09Oh, I don't want to...
0:45:11 > 0:45:15If anyone got a 20 or above, I'm happy.
0:45:15 > 0:45:1720 or above? That's an E.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21No-one in this class got an A, I'll tell you that much.
0:45:21 > 0:45:22Ugh...!
0:45:24 > 0:45:26I got an E.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Oh! Ah!
0:45:29 > 0:45:31I was one mark off...
0:45:31 > 0:45:32I was one mark off a B!
0:45:32 > 0:45:34- Ah!- Was that you that got the highest?
0:45:34 > 0:45:36I was one mark off. Ah!
0:45:37 > 0:45:39James got the highest?
0:45:40 > 0:45:43- I was one mark off a B. - Well done.- Look at this!
0:45:46 > 0:45:49Look at that, one mark off a B.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52MERYL: When I marked the batch that I got,
0:45:52 > 0:45:55I don't care if you're top set, if you didn't write in paragraphs,
0:45:55 > 0:45:57you're not getting above 10 out of 20.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00I'm going to put the mark scheme up if you want to go through it.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02- Don't touch my work! - Well done.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04I'm pleased with the marks -
0:46:04 > 0:46:06I'll double check some of them, all right?
0:46:06 > 0:46:10One mark off a B, James Karageorgis.
0:46:10 > 0:46:13Can you believe it? I was absolutely...
0:46:13 > 0:46:16I was shocked, because he was the one I was most worried about,
0:46:16 > 0:46:20because he'd missed a lot of lessons prior,
0:46:20 > 0:46:22when we were doing all the practice papers,
0:46:22 > 0:46:25but that last week just before,
0:46:25 > 0:46:27and especially the lesson just before,
0:46:27 > 0:46:28he kept saying, "Madam, can you check?"
0:46:28 > 0:46:31I was like, "Good - write in paragraphs, add this,
0:46:31 > 0:46:33"make sure you're talking about feelings", blah, blah, blah.
0:46:33 > 0:46:38Last-minute stuff, but he pulled it out of the bag, 38 out of 50.
0:46:38 > 0:46:43Like, I've marked some top-set papers and they weren't even getting a C,
0:46:43 > 0:46:44let alone one mark off a B,
0:46:44 > 0:46:47so if they can put in that kind of effort next year,
0:46:47 > 0:46:49I'm confident that they'll do well.
0:46:49 > 0:46:50So, I mean, I'm pleased.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55I am an enormous fan of everything that you do,
0:46:55 > 0:46:59of the massive achievement that you are bringing to our schools,
0:46:59 > 0:47:03so it is a real privilege to welcome you here.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05Here is a great lot from Crown Wood School.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07Hi, nice to see you.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10Hi, and so have you done your training,
0:47:10 > 0:47:12going into the schools now?
0:47:13 > 0:47:14A pupil?
0:47:14 > 0:47:16LAUGHTER
0:47:16 > 0:47:19Right, who's the teacher? You're the teacher, right.
0:47:19 > 0:47:22I was going to get it the other way round.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23Right, so tell me what it's like
0:47:23 > 0:47:25being taught by one of the Teach First graduates.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27- Oh, it's really good.- Really good?
0:47:27 > 0:47:30- Yeah. Yeah. - Even though fresh out of university?
0:47:30 > 0:47:32- She really knows her stuff. - Knows her stuff?
0:47:32 > 0:47:34- And what's your subject?- Science.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36As far as you're concerned,
0:47:36 > 0:47:38- as many teachers like this, the better?- Definitely.
0:47:38 > 0:47:39That's the message - brilliant.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42Sorry for getting you the wrong way round.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44It's a compliment to all of you, you know -
0:47:44 > 0:47:47a very mature-looking student, very young-looking teacher.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49At least I got it that way round, it could have been worse.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51- Right, who have we got here? - Wembley High.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54- Right - I'm guessing you are a student.- Well done.
0:47:54 > 0:47:57- Next to it.- Right next to it?
0:47:57 > 0:48:01- That was cool.- Yeah. - Done?- Yeah - thank you.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03- Did you have a good time? - Yes, thank you. Really nice.
0:48:03 > 0:48:04Thanks.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07- MUM, ON PHONE:- 'Oh, my God!'
0:48:07 > 0:48:08THEY LAUGH
0:48:14 > 0:48:15All right, Mum.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20- Mum, we're on camera, you know.- 'So?'
0:48:22 > 0:48:24You're embarrassing me.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28For Claudenia, her first year is ending
0:48:28 > 0:48:31with a renewed sense of direction.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35I think most for Jessiah and I, it's just the start, you know?
0:48:35 > 0:48:37I'm just starting out my little career
0:48:37 > 0:48:39and he's just starting out his little life.
0:48:39 > 0:48:40Yeah, I'm going to call a taxi.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43'Teach First is about setting high expectations,'
0:48:43 > 0:48:46to know what high expectations I can set for this boy,
0:48:46 > 0:48:48taking him to see the Prime Minister today.
0:48:50 > 0:48:51It's an incredible feeling.
0:48:53 > 0:48:54Ah, sorry.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57I'd hate to live in Central London.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59- Don't you think it's beautiful? - No, I prefer the outside.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01'Those tears were worth it.'
0:49:01 > 0:49:05It's crazy, this job is crazy, how it makes you feel.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08I'm filled with pride for...
0:49:11 > 0:49:13But, yeah, definitely worth it.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20It's the last day of term.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22Nick has to tell some of his favourite pupils
0:49:22 > 0:49:24that he's leaving the school.
0:49:24 > 0:49:28OK, can I just have quiet, please? Ssh...
0:49:28 > 0:49:31OK, so I am leaving, I'm afraid.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34- I'm getting married this summer.- Why?
0:49:34 > 0:49:40- Miss Noronha?- Miss Noronha? - No, not her. No, it's not, Liam.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43No, it's not Miss Noronha, but I am getting married.
0:49:43 > 0:49:44'Out of all my classes,'
0:49:44 > 0:49:48they're probably the ones that will be most affected by me leaving
0:49:48 > 0:49:52and probably saddest...as am I, I think.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55- Congratulations.- So I'm not going to be here next year.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57The person I'm marrying is in France
0:49:57 > 0:50:00and so I'm going to move over to France.
0:50:00 > 0:50:01- Oh, shit.- Yeah.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Sir, I'm going to miss you.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06I think like, particularly Zach,
0:50:06 > 0:50:11because...it was more early on that I spent a lot of time with him.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14- One-star.- Oh, sweet. - Sir, are you ready, yeah?
0:50:14 > 0:50:17She's going to come to your door after this lesson.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21It is really moving to have that reaction, I suppose.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23Well, I'm actually quite sad,
0:50:23 > 0:50:25because like, he was such a great maths teacher
0:50:25 > 0:50:30and...yeah, I wish he wasn't going, cos, like, he's really good.
0:50:30 > 0:50:36I think it's cute, cos he's moving with his wife-to-be
0:50:36 > 0:50:38and they're going to be cute together.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42- Liam, I'll miss you. - I'll miss you too, sir.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44- See you.- See you.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47It's going to be weird with a different teacher,
0:50:47 > 0:50:49have to settle in with another one and all that.
0:50:49 > 0:50:50It's going to be long.
0:50:54 > 0:50:55Hello!
0:51:06 > 0:51:08APPLAUSE
0:51:08 > 0:51:11# Well, I think it's fine
0:51:12 > 0:51:15# Building jumbo planes
0:51:16 > 0:51:21# Or taking a ride on a cosmic train
0:51:23 > 0:51:27# Switch on the summer
0:51:27 > 0:51:30# From a slot machine... #
0:51:32 > 0:51:35I just love every minute of every day of this job.
0:51:35 > 0:51:39It's not going to work and helping clients meet a brief -
0:51:39 > 0:51:40it's dealing with kids who,
0:51:40 > 0:51:43you know, don't see themselves having a future.
0:51:43 > 0:51:44If I benefit one person's life,
0:51:44 > 0:51:47then I've done something useful with my life, I guess.
0:51:47 > 0:51:52# ..But tell me Where do the children play? #
0:51:54 > 0:51:58I got 22 on the second - what did you get for your second?
0:51:58 > 0:51:59What did you get?
0:51:59 > 0:52:04On Friday, he was so desperate to know his mark, he came up here
0:52:04 > 0:52:07and asked me to mark it for him and sat there, and was like,
0:52:07 > 0:52:08"But, sir, that's not right."
0:52:08 > 0:52:12I was like, "Walid, go away, come back when I've finished."
0:52:12 > 0:52:16He's so annoying, but it was nice to see that he cared.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Yeah, I was pleased with myself, because everybody doubted me,
0:52:27 > 0:52:30saying that I would not get this high cos I misbehave in RE,
0:52:30 > 0:52:32but I proved the haters wrong.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34The biggest battle is, like...
0:52:34 > 0:52:38convincing kids that they actually need
0:52:38 > 0:52:42to seize the moment, and if they don't, it might be too late.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44The concern is, is that, like,
0:52:44 > 0:52:48they'll become disillusioned with school.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50'I'd be foolish not to stay.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52'As much as I would love to go away and go travelling
0:52:52 > 0:52:54'and try my hands at other things,'
0:52:54 > 0:52:55the school's been really generous
0:52:55 > 0:52:58and they've offered me some amazing positions for next year.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00I'd sort of be in charge of the curriculum
0:53:00 > 0:53:01for years seven, eight and nine.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04It would just be a really exciting opportunity, really.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15Thought I'd keep my maths card at the Harefield Academy.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23It's been worth every second of it.
0:53:23 > 0:53:27To have been a teacher for a year, even if it's not two years,
0:53:27 > 0:53:30coming up against obnoxious teenagers who say things
0:53:30 > 0:53:33they don't mean, who love you through their anger...
0:53:35 > 0:53:37I think I'll never regret it.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40And, who knows, I may well come back to it one day.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55This is BBC News, I'm Annita McVeigh, the headlines at eight o'clock...
0:53:55 > 0:53:56Top GCSE exam grades drop.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59For the second year in a row, the girls out-perform the boys...
0:53:59 > 0:54:03In England and Wales, results have fallen again this year...
0:54:03 > 0:54:06..the biggest fall in the exams' 25-year history.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10Listening to the news...apparently, nationally, grades are lower.
0:54:11 > 0:54:13Ha, got a B in science! That's a good thing.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20I got an A* in B7, Miss.
0:54:20 > 0:54:21Ah, well done.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25Yeah, they've done really well. Really pleased for them.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27It's not actually that good,
0:54:27 > 0:54:30I don't want to make you think it's actually good, but it's all right.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32I'm happy with it.
0:54:32 > 0:54:33What, with an A(?)
0:54:36 > 0:54:38I don't want to be here.
0:54:39 > 0:54:40Oh, my God.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42I haven't got my hopes up.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45What are you thinking for next year?
0:54:45 > 0:54:46No idea.
0:54:46 > 0:54:47It's all I've been thinking -
0:54:47 > 0:54:50"What am I doing next year? What am I doing next year?"
0:54:52 > 0:54:55OK, I got to go. I'm going to cry in my car.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07It's both the best and the worst -
0:55:07 > 0:55:12the best because we're here to celebrate the fantastic results,
0:55:12 > 0:55:14and then it's heart-wrenching
0:55:14 > 0:55:17when a student you know has worked so hard just doesn't pull it off.
0:55:19 > 0:55:20Feeling a bit nervous, innit?
0:55:20 > 0:55:22But obviously what comes up, comes up.
0:55:22 > 0:55:23Hope I done the best.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33A U? Ah.
0:55:33 > 0:55:34That's upsetting.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37Science GCSEs have got harder,
0:55:37 > 0:55:40the marking of GCSEs in English has got stricter,
0:55:40 > 0:55:43and many younger children are taking exams earlier.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45Three Es..
0:55:45 > 0:55:47two Ds...
0:55:47 > 0:55:48three Fs.
0:55:48 > 0:55:52Come on. Positives.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54And that's what it's about, isn't it?
0:55:54 > 0:55:55Not too good, to be honest.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57No. Not good at all.
0:56:00 > 0:56:02Yeah, it's just what I expected.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09I did terrible, but I'm not going to let that hold me back.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12Everything happens for a reason.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19I would do it differently if I went back to school now,
0:56:19 > 0:56:22but you can't go back in time, so just got to work with it.
0:56:27 > 0:56:28So what happened to this?
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Oh, my God!
0:56:35 > 0:56:38I got an A in biology, bruv, are you mad?
0:56:38 > 0:56:41I got an A! Oh, my days, are you sick, I'm going home!
0:56:41 > 0:56:43Safe, safe, safe, safe.
0:56:43 > 0:56:44Are you sick?!