Education

Episode 1 | School

Documentary series following pupils, teachers, parents and school leaders across an academic year. Budget cuts and student anxiety are amongst the challen...

The Academy Schools Scandal | Panorama

Panorama investigates the scandal surrounding Academy schools.

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

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

Inside The School Cuts Crisis | Panorama

As schools reopen their doors this week, Panorama asks if we have reached a crisis point in education funding.

3: The First Day | The Big School Lottery

A look at the often-fraught process of selecting a child's secondary school. This edition follows six of the children on the first ...

2: The Decision | The Big School Lottery

A look at the often fraught process of selecting a child's secondary school. On national offer day, cameras capture the families' re...

1: The Choice | The Big School Lottery

A look at the often fraught process of selecting a child's secondary school. The series follows Birmingham Education Authority as it a...

Profits Before Pupils? The Academies Scandal | Panorama

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

Class | A Question Of Equality

Patrick Nuttgens introduces the first of five programmes which examines our educational system and asks whether it is fair.

Episode 2 | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

Following a student who finds it hard to focus and an extremely bright student who clashes with the school authorities.

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...

Inside The School Cuts Crisis | Panorama

As schools reopen their doors this week, Panorama asks if we have reached a crisis point in education funding.

Can I Sack Teacher? | Panorama

New research shows that the standard of teaching is the most important factor to a child's education. So why are so many bad teachers being al...

Class | A Question Of Equality

Patrick Nuttgens introduces the first of five programmes which examines our educational system and asks whether it is fair.

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...

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?

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...

3: London | My New Best Friend

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

2: Scotland | My New Best Friend

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

1: Cheltenham | My New Best Friend

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

Episode 3 | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

In the third and final part of this series, students at Erith School and Townley Grammar face their GCSE mocks.

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...

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...

2: Tears And Fears | A Labour Of Love

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

School Exclusion at Primary | Don't Exclude Me

This short clip shows the pressures on schools to manage challenging behaviour.

The Academy Schools Scandal | Panorama

Panorama investigates the scandal surrounding Academy schools.

The Hunt For Classroom Extremists

Documentary that examines the truth behind an alleged plot by 'hardline' Muslims to seize control of British schools. With interviews from ...

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...

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

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

Last Chance Academy | Panorama

The story of one school's groundbreaking battle to save problem pupils from the scrap heap and bring exam success.

Ethnicity, Diversity and Education | The Primary

This clip follows a term in one of the most diverse schools in Birmingham, with at least 17 different ethnic backgrounds.

Unequal Opportunities With John Humphrys

John Humphrys examines the reasons behind the stark educational attainment gap between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils, which ha...

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...

A Special Programme On Pierre Bourdieu | Thinking Allowed

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

The Grammar School: A Secret History

This part looks at the golden age of the grammar schools in the 1950s and 60s and their sudden demise. With contributions from Michael W...

Episode 6 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 5 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 3 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 4 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Episode 2 | Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims th...

Class Action

Class action investigates the current crisis in the classroom, from pre-school through to continuing education, and examines controversial claims that standards...

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...

Episode 1 | School

Documentary series following pupils, teachers, parents and school leaders across an academic year. Budget cuts and student anxiety are amongst the challen...

Episode 2 | The Grammar School: A Secret History

This part looks at the golden age of the grammar schools in the 1950s and 60s and their sudden demise. With contributions fr...

Episode 8 | Back in Time for School

Our class return for one final adventure. Reflecting on the past 100 years, they venture beyond, into a future filled with virtual classr...

Episode 6 | Back in Time for School

The class embrace the new world of the 1980s. With robots, early computers and synths, the kids get to grips with Britain's new high-tech...

Episode 7 | Back in Time for School

The pupils and teachers arrive in their final time-travelling decade, the 1990s, ready to embrace girl power, Brit pop, Oasis and Blur, M...

Episode 4 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. In the swinging 60s, the class experience bricklaying, typing, cooking and eve...

Episode 5 | Back in Time for School

The class enters the experimental 1970s. They rewrite the rule book and learn weird and wonderful lessons as the free spirit of the era c...

Episode 3 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the 40s and 50s - deportment, debate and even dancing are on ...

Episode 2 | Back in Time for School

Pupils and teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure. The class enters the interwar years. They learn bizarre new languages, test th...

Episode 1 | Back in Time for School

Fifteen pupils and three teachers embark on a time-travelling adventure to discover how much life at school has changed. The class start ...

2: The Best Years Of My Life | Almost Grown

The teens are often years of extreme emotion. Daily life at school and home can be boring, but the teens can also be great. Do we...

4: Children | The British Family

Kirsty Young looks at how children have come to dominate family life in the last decade and reveals just how far we have come from the 'seen...