Educating Greater Manchester

[Hepzibar]

Just love this series.

Rani

I feel so sorry for the pregnant girls mum, she just so obstinate i appreciate shes lost her mum , i went to school with people who lost parents and didnt waste so much teacher time on disruptive behaviour.

My heart was breaking for Kodie and her grandfather. Well done to her for passing so many GCSEs.

Wrt the getting them up out of bed to go to school, what do they do if the child refuses to get up or gets up and dawdles or stalls and there are two others sitting in the car being made late for school?
I imagine they're not going in for usual time. It wasn't clear whether that was a regular set up (looked like it was actually one morning split into various features bits?) or occasionally.

We do home visits and often stand in bedrooms trying to get kids out of bed. You can't force them and if they won't get up, they won't get up. I personally wouldn't do it with other kids sat in the car.

Thanks asauvignon. It must be incredibly frustrating.

Very. And incredibly sad.

My son (then 11) refused to go to school once And I was in a blind panic. I couldn't drag him there (he's bigger than me) and all I could think was "what if he decides he can do this everyday", I got the VP from the school over to try and cajole him with no joy. I can't imagine what it's like for the parents of those who are regular refusers. That poor woman getting a fine and community service!! What is she supposed to do if her daughter refuses to go?

Just catching up. Great series !

Rani and jack awww. I hope jacks parents are so proud of him. Little wise head on young shoulders.

The eyebrows and the top knots on the girls though 😂

I really felt for the mum who had the fine for non-attendance. DS has autism and school refusal - last year his attendance was 40%. He's six foot and only 13. I'm a single mum and had to drop dd at a different school. It was a bloody nightmare.
They sent the attendance lady round one morning. I was up and dressed, dd was up and dressed, ds was up, dressed and locked in the bathroom rocking and humming because he was so stressed. They never came again.
To be fair the school have been really supportive and ds has gone back OK so am hoping we have turned a corner. But school refusal is a complex issue. If dd refused to go I could punish her and she probably wouldn't do it again but ds wouldn't care at all.
I was really glad the two older girls got their GCSES especially the one with the baby as I got the impression she would just give up once the baby was there so was glad she didn't.

Yes I was struck by the amount of people saying don't end up like me too to be honest

As sad as it is i really hope my Dc don't end up like either of their parents. Well, not that I have "ended" yet, i still hope to achieve something before I die! But I don't want them being teenage parents (like me) and that affecting every single decision they make from that point onwards. It's extremely limiting in a way you can't understand until you are in the situation yourself.

Watching now. Bless the counsellor blinking back her tears behind the blonde girl's been.

Bit @ the teacher saying " you do know it's going to kill, don't you?" to pregnant Mia. Hardly helpful.

Obviously going to cry every week.

I think I'm horribly naive, is this typical of senior school?

Ambonsai - yes it is.

Mitchell 'If we're using labels'. Love it.

I liked that too hepzibar!

Ahhh did everyone just see mushi during the ad break?

Missed Mushi! Gutted.

Do schools really get so involved in teenage romances? I'm not sure it's so smart to be encouraging a young girl back into a turbulent relationship with someone who punches walls when she is upset with him.

Only episode I've watched but wow.

Kids openly using phones and head phones with teachers just bleating 'listen' 'pay attention'.
We have a 'see it lose it' policy which is enforced immediately. If they did that they wouldn't have half these issues of kids faffing around on phones.

Backie I was surprised by that to.

I work in FE 16-18 and we would never get involved in relationships to that extent, if at all.

We would strongly suggest they 'get on with their work'.

Educating Yorkshire this is not.

The brazen phone and earphones use shocked me!! I think if mr povey wants to improve the school's reputation then he really needs to take a harder line on things like that. My DS's school rule is phones off during school and if they are seen or heard, even vibrating then they are confiscated and parent can collect at the end of term. I don't understand why any school wouldn't have that rule. Obvious exemptions apply (children who have a valid reason for having phone on)

I was also surprised by the part in the opening credits where it shows a pupil hearing news of someone being sentenced to 8 years. I assume we will hear the full story in a later episode but I am currently a bit baffled by why a school would allow such an upsetting phone call to be taken during the day. Surely that news can wait until the girl gets home? She doesn't need to have her day disturbed by hearing that.

I couldn't believe at the end, when they were filming how well Mitchell had improved 'not listening to earphones in lessons' that the girl right next to him was listening to hers and nothing was said!!!
I've never taught in any school (in London) that allowed phones out in class.

Agree, i thought the school were overly lax in the classroom with headphones. But way over the line on the tinder issue, surely that was a parental issue not a school one?