Living with the Brainy Bunch

The Problem With Boys | Analysis

By almost any measure of school related performance girls do better than boys. Fewer boys are going to university. Why is this happening and...

S1E02: Home Sweet Home | Darren McGarvey's Class Wars

Darren examines how social class and where we live impacts our lives in ways that few realise, from our addictions to o...

2: Education | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

Darren McGarvey sets out to understand why the privately educated dominate Britain's top jobs and uncovers the amazing sta...

Happy Families? | Are We Having Fun Yet?

Series looking at changing Britain examines how childhood and families have transformed over the last decade. But from the scramble ...

What Should A Good Secondary School Offer? | Woman's Hour

Tell us the difficulties you're facing in deciding what's best for your 11-year-old's education. What should a good...

Episode 1 | Don't Exclude Me

With school exclusions at their highest in a decade, behavioural expert Marie Gentles visits Milton Hall Primary School in Southend to help the ...

What's Wrong With Selection? | A Question Of Education

This week, Dr John Rae, headmaster of Westminster School, argues and defends his case for a return to academic selecti...

3: London | My New Best Friend

Four London kids make the transition from their familiar primary schools to an inner-city secondary school.

5: Lessons In Class | The Middle Classes: Their Rise And Sprawl

This program compares the country's oldest school, Winchester College, with a local comprehensive to illustra...

Education Reform Act 1944 | Middle Classes...Their Rise And Sprawl

1944 Education Act secondary education for all, selective tripartite system. Cultural capital. Cultural bi...

Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

Documentary series examining how the 11-plus selection test impacts on education. The first episode follows children from Upland Primary Sc...

Profits Before Pupils? The Academies Scandal | Panorama

Reporter Bronagh Munro investigates a businessman whose companies have been paid millions from school budgets and ask...

The Schools Scandal: Playing The System | Panorama

Demand for places at high-achieving state schools across the UK far outstrips supply, turning the schools admissions proce...

1: Cheltenham | My New Best Friend

Four 11-year-old girls leave the familiarity of their prep schools to join Cheltenham Ladies' College.

2: Scotland | My New Best Friend

Four girls leave tiny primary schools on Scotland islands to start secondary school on the mainland.

2: Tears And Fears | A Labour Of Love

This program looks at discipline, class rules and the different rules for boys and girls.

A Special Programme On Pierre Bourdieu | Thinking Allowed

Pierre Bourdieu: Laurie Taylor presents a special programme exploring his ideas and legacy.

British Schools, Islamic Rules | Panorama

Investigation showing that some Muslim children are exposed to extremist preachers and fundamentalist Islamic groups. Also, the par...

Episode 1 | No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?

Dr Javid Abdelmoneim takes over a year 3 class to see if, after a term of gender-neutral treatment, he can e...

Episode 2 | No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?

Will Dr Javid Abdelmoneim's gender-neutral mission produce a meaningful change by the end of term?