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The ERA Video Streaming Platform | Sociology | Education

The impacts of class, gender and ethnicity on education

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

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

Education | BBC Two | 2017 | 59'03''

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?

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

Education | BBC Two | 2017 | 59'18''

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

3: London | My New Best Friend

Age and stratification | BBC Four | 2008 | 58'30''

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

2: Scotland | My New Best Friend

2: Scotland | My New Best Friend

Age and stratification | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'13''

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

1: Cheltenham | My New Best Friend

1: Cheltenham | My New Best Friend

Age and stratification | BBC Four | 2008 | 59'11''

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?

Episode 3 | Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

Education | BBC Two | 2018 | 58'40''

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

School Exclusion at Primary | Don’t Exclude Me

School Exclusion at Primary | Don’t Exclude Me

Age and social inequality | BBC Two | 2021 | 11'12''

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

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

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

Acquiring Culture | BBC Two | 2001 | 37'57''

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

Ethnicity, Diversity and Education | The Primary

Ethnicity, Diversity and Education | The Primary

Education | BBC Two | 2008 | 19'48''

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

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

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

Changing patterns of the family | BBC Scotland | 2021 | 58'00''

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

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

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

Distribution of political participation | BBC Scotland | 2024 | 58'58''

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

Unequal Opportunities With John Humphrys

Unequal Opportunities With John Humphrys

Education | BBC Two | 2010 | 58'52''

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

The Primary

The Primary

Education | BBC Two | 2008 | 59'02''

The Primary captures a term in the life of Welford Primary School, a thriving school with pupils from 17 different ethnic backgrounds. The film follows headmaste...

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

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

Education | BBC Radio 4 | 2013 | 42'39''

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

The Hunt For Classroom Extremists

The Hunt For Classroom Extremists

Beliefs in Society | BBC One | 2016 | 26'03''

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

A Special Programme On Pierre Bourdieu | Thinking Allowed

A Special Programme On Pierre Bourdieu | Thinking Allowed

Education | BBC Radio 4 | 2016 | 27'27''

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

The Schools Scandal: Playing The System | Panorama

The Schools Scandal: Playing The System | Panorama

Education | BBC One | 2015 | 28'44''

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

The Academy Schools Scandal | Panorama

The Academy Schools Scandal | Panorama

Education | BBC One | 2019 | 29'11''

Panorama investigates the scandal surrounding Academy schools.

Profits Before Pupils? The Academies Scandal | Panorama

Profits Before Pupils? The Academies Scandal | Panorama

Education | BBC One | 2018 | 28'47''

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

Last Chance Academy | Panorama

Last Chance Academy | Panorama

Education | BBC One | 2014 | 58'58''

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

British Schools, Islamic Rules | Panorama

British Schools, Islamic Rules | Panorama

Acquiring Culture | BBC One | 2010 | 29'07''

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

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

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

Education | BBC Two | 2001 | 49'11''

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

Living with the Brainy Bunch

Living with the Brainy Bunch

Education | BBC Two | 2018 | 58'46''

Two struggling GCSE students move in with two of the highest achievers in their year. Can this change in home environment and parental influence...

Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In?

Education | BBC Two | 2018 | 58'25''

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

Episode 1 | Don’t Exclude Me

Episode 1 | Don’t Exclude Me

Age and social inequality | BBC Two | 2021 | 59'25''

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

The Problem With Boys | Analysis

The Problem With Boys | Analysis

Education | BBC Radio 4 | 2019 | 28'06''

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

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

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

Education | BBC Two | 1984 | 38'59''

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

The Lessons Of Ray Honeyford

The Lessons Of Ray Honeyford

Acquiring Culture | BBC Radio 4 | 2014 | 27'28''

Aasmah Mir revisits the heated dispute surrounding Ray Honeyford, a Bradford head teacher whose outspoken criticisms of multiculturalism caused ...

Happy Families? | Are We Having Fun Yet?

Happy Families? | Are We Having Fun Yet?

Education | BBC Four | 2007 | 59'06''

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

2: Tears And Fears | A Labour Of Love

2: Tears And Fears | A Labour Of Love

Education | BBC Two | 1993 | 39'15''

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

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