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00:00Over a decade ago, the nation fell in love with a school in Yorkshire.
00:06Like my eyebrows, I shaved on my eyebrows.
00:09This is a coffee, coffee. Keep me awake, you know.
00:12And an inspiring English teacher, Mr. Burton.
00:15It's the same moment when the trees are loose.
00:19Bloody hell. That's insane.
00:21Now, ten years on, Mr. Burton's been promoted to head teacher.
00:26Shirts in, ties on, coats off.
00:27Like the smirk off your face now. Do I make myself clear?
00:32You should be really, really, really proud of your achievements.
00:34In that time, we've had six prime ministers,
00:38a global pandemic. That's a bit dramatic.
00:40And Huddersfield Town have been in and out of the Premier League.
00:45Now, the cameras are back. These lot are insane.
00:48To capture the new challenges. Get rid of Snapchat, TikTok, get rid of Instagram.
00:53Facing the school. I'm not a therapist, you know.
00:56No! He's just said, leave me alone.
00:58I can tell you, you don't want me here.
01:00We do want you here, pal.
01:01It's a difficult world that we live in now,
01:03and it's a difficult world to grow up in.
01:05But these are moments that, hopefully, children will look back on
01:08in the years to come and think, actually, I learnt a lot from that school.
01:11Call me a fat slut.
01:13How old are we? Five.
01:14Can we just talk about the fact that you kissed my ex-boyfriend, babe?
01:17So we spent a year...
01:18I love him so much.
01:20...seeing the troubles...
01:21No.
01:22...tears...
01:23This is so hard to do.
01:24It's toxic, and it's dragging you down the wrong path.
01:27...and triumphs...
01:28You little legend.
01:30Ready?
01:30Whoo!
01:32Through the eyes of the staff...
01:34You've committed a criminal offence.
01:36...and the students at the very start of adult life.
01:41My aim is to inspire you to achieve your goals.
01:46Time flies when you're having fun, baby cakes.
01:48Baby cakes?
01:49That was the most mentally exhausting three months of my entire life.
01:54Life would be so much easier working in a school if there were no students.
01:58Welcome to the world of education!
02:08All need to be in the building by half-pass. Let's go.
02:12Morning, Jacob. You all right?
02:13Good.
02:14Let's get that tie on, please, sir.
02:16Fellas, come on. Let's go.
02:18Sorry, Olivia.
02:19I just need to give my colleagues the daily green shot.
02:22This is my Auntie Serena's recipe, and she looks like 20 years younger than what she is.
02:27And because we're all feeling a bit tired and weather's a bit rubbish,
02:32I've brought this in sp...
02:34Oh, it's a bit thick.
02:36It looks like slime.
02:37Mr Sally, do you want to take yours and Mr Burton's?
02:39Yeah, I'll take them through. Thank you so much.
02:42I can smell it. Smells like dog food.
02:43Oh, there might be a little bit of that in.
02:47It's quite important, is that...
02:49I'll drink mine with you, because I haven't tried it yet.
02:52Yeah, I've made it a little bit too thick.
03:03That's gritty.
03:04It's gritty, isn't it?
03:07You shouldn't have to bite a drink.
03:14Right, hello. Hello, miss.
03:16Right, face in front.
03:17What are we doing today, miss?
03:19We are doing a mop-up lesson today.
03:23Oh, no.
03:26It's not literal, it's metaphorical.
03:28What does that mean now?
03:29It means we're going to sort out everything we haven't done most presumably.
03:32I'm Lewis, I am in year nine, I'm 13 years old and...
03:38I can't think of anything.
03:39What, you think I'm talking about Islam and the afterlife?
03:42Actually fit for the same topic.
03:44Huh?
03:45Nothing.
03:46You're welcome, confusing you.
03:48I know that.
03:49I don't get you.
03:50I know that.
03:51When I get to school, I feel actually quite relieved.
03:54It's nice to be at school, you get to learn a lot and it can help you with your future.
03:58And education is probably the most important part of life itself.
04:02OK, plan is out, sit down.
04:04Year nine Lewis is in his third year at Thornhill.
04:08OK, put your hands up who thinks they could tell me.
04:11How many days can a human go without water for?
04:16Aston?
04:16Three.
04:17Yeah.
04:19He's a student that doesn't find school very straightforward.
04:24I would describe being a student at Thornhill as a bit chaotic.
04:32I'm going to give you a verbal warning.
04:34The children are just quite childish and the teachers always seem so stressed.
04:38Ben, stop the commentary, please.
04:40Bad habit of yours, that. It's a verbal warning.
04:44Lewis is polite, he's courteous, respectful of other students.
04:48So, tell me reasons why this pandemic caused problems for travelling.
04:52A lovely young lad.
04:54I always think he's like a 13-year-old going on 60.
04:58So, if you think, right, do I agree that Covid was challenging?
05:02I mean, it was challenging. It was very challenging.
05:05Give me two reasons.
05:06It did cause more advancements, though, like in virtual reality technology.
05:09But in all in all, it caused fear after.
05:12People feared travelling because of Covid.
05:14That was a fantastic, like, conclusion.
05:19Lewis was diagnosed with autism when he was eight.
05:22With my autism, I can just go on and on about something, go off on a tangent,
05:27or I can just be so stressed at one moment and then just be completely calm the next.
05:33It's just...
05:34I don't know how to honestly explain it.
05:37Lewis, how old will you be in 2100?
05:40Considering from where we've been born, we'll probably be about 89.
05:43Mm.
05:44Some people here might be 90.
05:45So, about 89, 90 years old.
05:48A couple of years over the average age, though.
05:50Yeah, you know, average age in the UK is about 81,
05:53so some of you won't make it to 90, unfortunately.
05:56In terms of academics, he's very much on the higher end.
06:00He's very studious, you know, very focused in lessons.
06:04I'd say, in terms of the social aspects, though,
06:06that's maybe where he has his challenges.
06:08Right, thank you for that, guys.
06:09Let's tuck ourselves in. You're doing well today.
06:13Miss, can I please go now?
06:14Yes, you can, please.
06:22Girls! Just stop it!
06:26Lewis has extra support sessions with specialist teacher,
06:30Mrs Burton.
06:31You seem a bit bothered today, a bit flustered.
06:35It's a long day, miss. I'm tired. It's near the end of a week.
06:38What's made it a long day?
06:40What in particular?
06:42Having to be with these children 24-7.
06:45Why? What are they doing that's annoying you?
06:47Mostly just the lack of emotional maturity.
06:51Going out into a busy mainstream school with students who
06:56unexpectedly shout random outbursts is probably quite overwhelming for Lewis.
07:02Who's your friends in mainstream, Lewis?
07:04Do you have any?
07:05Don't mother talking to them.
07:07None at all?
07:08No, they acted childishly.
07:11Although he does come across as quite confident.
07:13I think deep down he's still lacking in that area and he just needs to believe in himself a little bit more.
07:18Can you think of a time when you felt really, really proud to have autism?
07:22No.
07:23Never?
07:24Never.
07:25Not once?
07:25Never.
07:26Why would you be proud of having something that's considered to be essentially like a minimised version of brain damage?
07:32But it makes you who you are.
07:33It's not brain damage.
07:35If it was for a machine you would say it was damaged, yet for a human mind it's not.
07:39But you're not a machine.
07:41You're a person.
07:42You're a human.
07:44There's a huge uptick in conversations about neurodiversity.
07:49And I think it's significantly more than certainly when I started teaching.
07:56It is a challenge of course as a school to be able to cater for a huge range of different needs.
08:02But if we don't understand what a child's individual needs are,
08:05then they could glide through five years and get nowhere near the potential they could have had.
08:10All right, sir.
08:16Did you ever see that thing that goes like this?
08:20Ooh, no, no, no.
08:22That's really hard.
08:23So you start like that and then you walk like that.
08:28Can you do it?
08:29No, you can.
08:30Come on, don't be more.
08:31Attempt it.
08:32Attempt it, come on.
08:33You know what I don't like to watch?
08:36The main thing that irritates me that I'm going to expect this is the doors.
08:40You need to be quiet while we do this.
08:42Do you know what I don't like about school?
08:44Students.
08:44Oh.
08:46Yeah.
08:47Life would be so much easier working in a school if there were no students or not.
08:51Now, I am joking.
08:54Sir, I've got a new badge.
08:56Hey, look at that.
08:56Exceptional.
08:57Good lad.
08:58Thanks, sir.
08:58I'll catch up with you a bit later.
08:59Maybe period five, all right?
09:00All right.
09:00Good lad.
09:01See you, sir.
09:04Eleven-year-old Ismail is just three months into his time at Thornhill.
09:08Hello, miss.
09:09How many compliments did we get for our behaviour?
09:11Like 45.
09:13Well done.
09:14Thanks.
09:14And having been a student counsellor in primary school,
09:18has ambitions to continue his political career in Thornhill's student parliament.
09:23When I first heard about the student parliament, I was like, oh, this is going to be, like, really cool.
09:30It's quite a big dream because, you know, it's useful, like, when you're in the future,
09:34like, in a job you'd be like, yeah, I was a year up in high school.
09:37Hello!
09:39Hello!
09:40Keen to make a good impression, Ismail's out canvassing for suggestions on how to improve school for students.
09:47I just want to, like, like, be someone who can support you and help you.
10:02Make this school, like, a better place for your sevens and every year, I guess.
10:07Oi!
10:07OK, what about a vending machine?
10:08Like, a vending machine over there, so where?
10:10A candy machine vending machine.
10:12A chocolate vending machine.
10:17Hello!
10:18I can't do the things!
10:22Armed with a list of ideas, Ismail's got himself an appointment to see headteacher Mr Burton.
10:30Have a seat. So, what are your plans?
10:32So, these are some of the ideas, so, like, people want to add more benches outside, like, how...
10:37Really good idea.
10:38Like, the hoods or stop arguments of, like, oh, this is my bench, get off it and, like...
10:43Yeah, I think that's a really good idea. Really good idea.
10:45So, we can talk that through, that's absolutely fine.
10:46Yeah. Some people want to take ziplines.
10:50What I was thinking is, like, it's possible a lot of money, though, and, like, we don't know where to put them, like...
10:56I mean, I think putting a zipline in school is probably a little bit beyond what we can do.
11:02What we can't do is turn the school into a go ape.
11:04Yeah.
11:05We will have some money, of course, but we've just got to be realistic about how we spend it and what we do with it, all right?
11:11Some people want to get, like, a chess club.
11:12I don't... That's not a bad idea, it's not a brilliant idea.
11:16Who's in favour of chess club? Who fancies that?
11:19Well, I want to bring it, but, like...
11:21Do you play chess?
11:22Yeah.
11:23I feel like clubs can help people fit in, because some people are quite shy and they can't...
11:28And it's hard for them to make friends.
11:30And what they don't know is they don't know that there's so many people out there who like the same things as they do.
11:36Get all your ideas written down in that, just bullet points, and keep doing what you're doing.
11:39Thank you, sir.
11:39All right.
11:40Talk, ma'am.
11:41OK.
11:41I've got geography next to Miss Cini.
11:43Fantastic.
11:43You've got one minute left of your lunch.
11:46Enjoy every second of it, won't you?
11:47Yeah.
11:54You told me you were going to come in on time today.
11:56So we walked to school right this morning.
11:57Yeah.
11:58I literally fell in the park backwards.
12:01I have hit my bum so hard on the ice, I actually cannot walk.
12:08Come on, Noah.
12:09You get yourself moving, old boy.
12:10Well, not all.
12:14Come on through.
12:15Shirts in, ties on, coats off.
12:16No fighting, boys.
12:17Otherwise, you'll have me to scrap with.
12:19We're in leggings.
12:20Why?
12:21She's just lost her trousers.
12:22You've lost your trousers.
12:23Someone's taken them.
12:25OK.
12:26Look as we can.
12:26Goodness me, somebody's got to back to shave on.
12:30Right, so sit in your normal seats, you would sit in normally.
12:34Right.
12:34Jacob.
12:35Let's get your tie on.
12:3612-year-old Jacob is in his second year at Thornhill.
12:40Oi!
12:41In class, he's not known to be one of year eight's more reserved students.
12:46This room is very hot.
12:48Let's get started.
12:49So...
12:50Flaggle.
12:50Flaggle.
12:51Flaggle.
12:52Flaggle.
12:53Ah!
12:54I like that.
12:55You have six guesses and you have to guess what country it is.
12:59Sir, Germany.
13:00We're starting with Germany.
13:02Germany.
13:03OK.
13:04So it's further south.
13:06It's Chad.
13:06Yeah, that's blue, that one.
13:08So it's Chad.
13:09Voice is off.
13:10Hands up.
13:11It's Chad.
13:12Do Chad it, sir.
13:13Trust me, it is.
13:14OK, I'm going with Chad, because that's what Jacob's saying.
13:17Yeah.
13:19Well done, Jacob.
13:20I know my flags.
13:21You do know your flags.
13:23Yeah!
13:24Yeah!
13:24Yeah!
13:26Yeah!
13:26Jacob, choose your actions now, because that's not being sensible, is it?
13:30I can just mess about sometimes without even knowing it.
13:33I usually just, like, shout out without even thinking it's a bit too much.
13:38Jacob's regular messing around means he's become a frequent visitor to year eight student manager, Mr. Wilson.
13:48You OK?
13:49Take a seat.
13:50Right, so I'm a little bit concerned about your negatives.
13:54You're the highest in year eight.
13:56You're the third highest in school.
13:58Oh, my.
13:58That's bad.
13:59Yeah, it is.
14:04Out of 960 students, Jacob, you're the third worst at the minute.
14:08You look good.
14:09No.
14:12I've known Jacob since I think he was in year two, because I worked at the primary school before I came over here.
14:18He's a very, very lovely boy, but he's been getting into trouble quite a lot.
14:24What can we do to help you out a little bit?
14:27I don't know, because I know I can do it. I just sometimes can't.
14:32I don't know.
14:33We need to think of ways that we can support him in lowering his behaviour points.
14:40But other than football, it's very difficult to get him to open up to people.
14:45Who's Everton's next game?
14:47Brinford.
14:47Are you?
14:49Yeah.
14:50I know we need a bit of timeout, so I'm going to do your timeout talking for today.
14:53And then as of next week, I'm going to stick you on report to me.
14:58Right, this one's going to be a positive one to me, a positive report, OK?
15:01He's really, really an intelligent lad.
15:04He just needs to be able to manage sitting in a class for an hour.
15:09And if you get so many points a week, you get a prize.
15:12What's a prize?
15:13Whatever you want.
15:14FIFA points!
15:15Well, I can't do that.
15:16But whatever you want within reason.
15:19Right.
15:19Come on, I'll work you around.
15:22Sir, can I borrow Jacob, please?
15:26Come on.
15:27Jacob's rise up the behaviour league table has caught the attention
15:31of Assistant Head Mrs Delaney Hudson.
15:33She's been taking a close interest in his progress.
15:37Come on, let's go. No, no, no, no, no, no.
15:41Come on, right choices.
15:43I think what Jacob thinks that he has to do and the person he has to be
15:46is to be the class clown, to say silly things, to challenge staff when actually
15:53he needs to do none of those because he's just lovely as he is.
15:59There's a rule when Jacob comes here.
16:00What's the rule, Jacob?
16:01I have to tell the joke.
16:03Go on.
16:03Er, what's the wine favourite fruit?
16:07Go on, I don't know.
16:08Strawberry.
16:08Do it with a bit more aggression.
16:10Strawberry.
16:10Yeah, I like it.
16:12Jacob's Jacob.
16:13He's always going to be a little live wire.
16:18And he sometimes makes really, really, really daft choices.
16:25Oh, Jacob, no, we're not doing that.
16:28But it's been really tough for him.
16:32There's a lot going on.
16:33Jacob took your shirt in.
16:38Who do you support?
16:39Yes.
16:40Man United?
16:41No.
16:42Liverpool?
16:43Oh, no.
16:44Chelsea?
16:44No.
16:45Leeds?
16:46Not a bit close.
16:47It's a blue team.
16:48Leicester?
16:48Everton?
16:49Yeah.
16:50Everton?
16:50Yeah.
16:51Why Everton?
16:52My dad did.
16:53Oh, that's lovely.
16:57Over the last few years, Jacob's lost several close family members.
17:02Where are we going?
17:04Math seven.
17:06It makes me feel a lot of different ways.
17:09It can make me feel upset, angry.
17:11And I could get mad sometimes when it's not going my way.
17:14No.
17:15What?
17:17Because I know you'll be doing something behind me in 200 classrooms, Jacob.
17:20I've worked with numerous kids that have lost family in different circumstances.
17:27It can affect them in completely different ways.
17:34With Jacob, that made his transition through to high school really difficult.
17:40You are 11, 12, 13, 14-year-old and you've got no clue how to cope with it.
17:49No one can take it away.
17:51These emotions have just been all over.
17:55He'll have struggled to understand what's gone on.
18:09Morning, he's right.
18:10Morning.
18:11Can we just talk about the fact that you kissed my ex-boyfriend, babe?
18:16I didn't mean to kiss him.
18:17It happened and I'm really regretting life choices.
18:20I mean, I don't care about life.
18:21I don't know.
18:23Chess club, let's go.
18:24Year seven Ismail has got permission to put his chess club plan into action.
18:29I'll put posters at chess club.
18:30All right.
18:31Windows?
18:32Yeah.
18:32Yeah, window the time.
18:33Do it about here, just so it's...
18:35Can you reach?
18:36Yeah.
18:36Go on, stretch.
18:37All right.
18:41What should I stick to this one?
18:44I've got a girl poster.
18:45Oh, bless it.
18:45Maybe like there or something?
18:46Yeah, stick it there.
18:47Stick it on there.
18:49Oh, suck it up.
18:51With news of the chess club reaching her,
18:53Mrs Burton sees an opportunity to encourage Lewis to interact more with the other students.
19:00There is something happening this lunchtime that I think you might be interested in.
19:03It's the chess club that someone in year seven is setting up.
19:07You never know, you might meet a friend in there.
19:11Hmm.
19:14Be honest, miss.
19:15I am being honest, because it's a common interest, isn't it?
19:17If you enjoy chess and they enjoy chess.
19:20Chess is often considered one of the most intelligent games you can play.
19:25We can be honest that at the high chance, with people worrying about how others would view them,
19:29and so they're going to be worried about being taken the mick out of by other people,
19:33which is my main reason why I do not want to do it.
19:35Take the mick out of you for playing chess. What's wrong with chess?
19:38Loads of people play chess.
19:41For him to be able to step in a classroom, not knowing who's going to be in there,
19:45not knowing who he's playing against, he will be so nervous.
19:50But I think that he can do it.
19:53There's nothing wrong with playing chess.
19:55I see a lot of people in my primary school taking the mick out of it.
19:58What's going to stop it here?
20:00I think it'll be really good. I think you'll really enjoy it.
20:03I think you'll surprise yourself. I think you'll really enjoy it.
20:07Only if I get a tenner.
20:08I'm not paying you to do it. I'm literally not legally allowed to pay you to do something.
20:14Yes, chess stuff is here.
20:17I've never been more happier.
20:22This is so cool.
20:24A lot of people have been talking about it.
20:26Have they? Good.
20:26Yeah. I'm going to put the pawns up first.
20:29Chess is best. People think it's for nerds, but actually it's just...
20:32It's so cool.
20:34I've never felt so prophetic in my entire life.
20:37So I'm probably going to take the mick out for the rest of the year for going in the chess club.
20:41No, really not.
20:42After some gentle arm-twisting from Mrs Burton,
20:45Lewis has agreed to at least have a look.
20:47Hello. Welcome to chess club.
20:50Preston's here. Preston is here.
20:53This is going to be the biggest mistake I've made since my birth.
20:56It's almost sad.
20:57Hello, guys. Hello. Welcome to chess club.
21:00So if you find a game or you watch a game or I can explain the rules to you.
21:04It's like that. Hello. Hello, what's up, guys?
21:08I've moved them two to start. You can then only move them one.
21:11Yeah, no.
21:15No, please. No, thank you. Please go on now.
21:18Bye.
21:19It appears chess club is not for Lewis this time.
21:24I'm sorry, I'm too old for this mess.
21:26Bye. Don't be about it.
21:27I'm sorry, miss.
21:29You don't listen. You do not need to be sorry.
21:32Why? It's my thoughts wasting your time.
21:34You haven't done anything wrong, Louise.
21:35Yeah, I have.
21:36What have you done wrong?
21:37Wasted your time. Wasted the school's time.
21:41Don't think about my time.
21:43My time is your time.
21:44That's what I'm here for, to make sure that you're OK.
21:48You tried, right?
21:50And that's all that we can ask, so it doesn't matter.
21:52I just can't, and I don't know why.
21:55Usually, when I'm around people that I don't know,
21:57I act less calm, less composed, more erratic.
22:00I'm going to be honest, I just feel like a big eight-year-old
22:03to half the time.
22:04Sorry, I just worry so much, and it all fumbles off in my head,
22:08and I feel like I'm just going to be an absolute toad.
22:10I'm a moron.
22:12You challenged yourself.
22:13It's very difficult.
22:23You're staying inside, lads?
22:24Would you like me to show you to a table for two?
22:27Would you prefer something close to the door, or more central?
22:31Romantic, romantic. Somewhere romantic.
22:33I feel that this is fitting.
22:35Take a seat.
22:38Drop your chin to your chest.
22:39All the way down as you look down.
22:40Are you going to stay looking down, then?
22:44And roll your shoulders.
22:46I'm going to time you running from reception,
22:49all the way to the courts, and back.
22:51Oh!
22:52But be careful on the steps.
22:53It's Friday morning, and the school is getting creative
22:57in their efforts to help Jacob improve his behaviour.
23:00Yeah, but you don't interfere.
23:01You run down and you run back.
23:02And burn off his excess energy.
23:05Three, two, one, go.
23:08So, to be able to sit for a full day
23:11and try and self-regulate, it'd be like putting me on an aeroplane
23:15for a six-hour flight with a seatbelt sign on, saying,
23:19just concentrate at this screen in front of me, I'd struggle.
23:25They've been using a mix of early interventions and potential rewards
23:29to try and keep Jacob focused.
23:31We have to remain that his expectations for him are high, really high.
23:37We can't drop the bar.
23:41So, I read something that really upset me.
23:46Do you want to talk me through what happened yesterday?
23:51Despite their efforts, Jacob's behaviour points are remaining stubbornly high.
23:57So, you got a verbal warning because she didn't write your date and title
24:01after multiple requests or reminders.
24:03Then you got a B1 for refusing to listen to your support.
24:08Then your B2 was because you stuck your middle finger up at my spoon behind her back.
24:18That's not kind, is it?
24:22Jacob, I know that you're struggling and I know that we're working really,
24:28really hard together to come up with strategies so that you're calm
24:33and so that when you are getting to a point where you're not coping,
24:36you're making the right choices.
24:39I think I have ADHD, but it's not confirmed yet.
24:45And then I got diagnosed with autism in 2018.
24:50We can't have any more episodes of you being abusive to staff. Agreed?
24:56I'm not ashamed of myself for having autism.
24:59It's just your brain working differently to others who don't have autism.
25:03One thing you are not is a rude young man.
25:09And I know it's hard for you to hear, so that's why you're covering your eyes.
25:14Right, OK, we draw a line under that and we go again today.
25:18Jacob needs a champion.
25:20And I think there's no question that Mel is that champion.
25:23And she's the person who will support and help and do everything she possibly can.
25:27But, you know, we're at a critical point.
25:29We need to see Jacob buying into what we're asking him to do.
25:33Jacob, you can do this.
25:36His future is too important for us to let him down by just letting things slide.
25:41And I'll tell you all.
25:45Bye-bye, guys. Bye.
25:49Ollie, can you give me my lunchbox back?
25:52I give you a lunchbox.
25:54Well, I'm friends with Mr. Burton, man. I'll tell you all.
25:56You know what? Mr. Burton's like dad's...
26:00OK, you want to use sofia, a cathid, and not hydrochloric.
26:04Lewis, Karina, gossip in your own time, OK?
26:07Right, see, look, it's five minutes left for you, fellas. What, uh, a sex ticket?
26:13A sex ticket?
26:14What?
26:15That's not a sex ticket.
26:17It is, what are you saying?
26:19It's crazy.
26:20We've got an exit ticket.
26:22We've got an exit ticket.
26:24We've got an exit ticket.
26:25Oh, thank you.
26:30Coming in for a chat, Laura?
26:31Oh, I'd love to come in for a chat.
26:33How's Lewis getting on?
26:37He wasn't great, did he?
26:39He tried to go to chess club and barely got through the reception, Donna.
26:43He had a very quick look and decided absolutely not and came back down.
26:48Let's try and manufacture an opportunity for us to meet somebody.
26:52Not like a date, like manufacture an opportunity for him to meet somebody.
26:57Or doing something that he wants to do, like chess,
26:59but in a comfortable environment for him.
27:01Right.
27:03I'm going to get my stuff together and I'm going to move.
27:06What time are we watching Titanic tonight?
27:08I've got...
27:10I've got 6.30 till 9.30, but that's not going to happen, is it?
27:12That's not going to happen.
27:13Where are kids?
27:15School, high up.
27:16Theo's having his haircut tonight.
27:18Five o'clock?
27:18Mm-hm.
27:21Met him out in town, in a bar, got chatting on MSN Messenger.
27:27Maybe we could do half Titanic.
27:29I don't think that...
27:30Well, we'll start Titanic and Prosecco tonight.
27:33We'll see how far we get, shall we?
27:36He was very charming.
27:38One of the first official dates that we had together, he gifted me a pink guitar.
27:45I think there was some link to Robbie Williams.
27:49And we'd only known each other properly for probably a matter of weeks.
27:53What, like a key ring?
27:55No, no. Full guitar. Full guitar.
28:00Are you going up?
28:01Not right now.
28:02I've got some work to do.
28:05When the days are difficult, and there are difficult days, there are very lonely days,
28:11she's just my go-to person and I'd be absolutely lost without her.
28:17She's amazing. Do you want her quality street?
28:19Toffee penny.
28:21I don't want the toffee penny. Strawberry.
28:23That guitar. It was Hebden Bridge I had to drive to.
28:26It's been bloody ages.
28:28All right, see you in a bit.
28:29See you later.
28:29Bye.
28:30Love you, bye.
28:32Love you, bye.
28:40And that has been what?
28:41Oxidised.
28:43It's been oxidised because of what has happened to it.
28:45It's good.
28:49I don't understand.
28:51It is hard.
28:53There are certain things that when I was doing my GCCs, I never understood.
28:56Moles was one of them and electrolysis was another one.
29:01And in fact, do you know what?
29:01I even started teaching and I didn't really know what electrolysis was.
29:06However, started teaching as in like five years ago.
29:10Yes, it feels like it's been a lot longer and it looks like it's been a lot longer as well.
29:12Oh, yeah, it definitely does.
29:15Lewis, happy?
29:16No.
29:20To get Lewis socialising with other students is proving a bigger challenge than Mrs Burton hoped.
29:27So she's decided to build up his confidence more gradually.
29:31But then again, he's a headteacher and he's your husband, so I think I'll be fine.
29:35She's arranged a chat and cup of tea with headteacher Mr Burton.
29:40Although he respects Matt, he's a little bit nervous around him.
29:45I think he's scared of him.
29:47Hi, Lewis.
29:48Good morning, sir.
29:50Would you like a cup of tea made?
29:53Which one of these would you like?
29:54You don't have to be scared of him.
29:55You can go a bit closer.
29:56All right, which one of these?
29:56I'm not terrified.
29:58I've never seen this before.
29:59But he literally terrifies me and I don't even know why.
30:03I think it's just because he's a teacher.
30:06I mean, the headteacher.
30:08I think tanning, tanning salon.
30:10Is that what you're saying?
30:11Yes.
30:11That's what I guessed.
30:12What did you guess?
30:13I guessed he-man.
30:14He-man.
30:15I owe you a pack of biscuits, miss.
30:17Between the two.
30:18These are criminal.
30:20Like, one wrong move you can make and that man essentially decides whether you fail your GCSEs
30:26in your Danforth or whether you have a good grade and a good life, which quite worries me.
30:34Right, remember to knock before you do it.
30:35Aye.
30:37Hello, Lewis.
30:37You all right?
30:38Yes, sir, your tears arrived.
30:40Very good colour.
30:42Congratulations.
30:45I know how hard you work and I know how hard you are.
30:46You have to work a little bit harder maybe than some students do with the stuff around
30:52interactions and speaking to people and having those types of things,
30:56but you should be really proud of yourself.
30:57Thank you, sir.
30:59You see, the version of Lewis who arrived in year seven is a very different fella
31:02to the one who I'm sitting in front of now, isn't he?
31:05This is about people believing you, people think the world of you.
31:08Don't stop being the fella that you are.
31:09Also, sir, can we cancel homework, please?
31:12No.
31:13No.
31:14Not in this world or the next can we cancel homework.
31:16Thank you for that.
31:17I finished it.
31:18Lovely.
31:18Can we have a cup back, please?
31:21Top man, I appreciate it.
31:23See you, sir.
31:23Good lad, see you later.
31:24Have a great day.
31:25Bye.
31:27Yes, Lewis.
31:28What a lovely teacher.
31:29Smashed it.
31:30Well done.
31:34I feel like you've got a sprig in your step, Lewis.
31:37No.
31:37Forgot to ask him how much he owes a year, though.
31:40I'm not sure that would have gone down very well.
31:49Do you know the biggest disappointment, I suppose, is the word?
31:51We were talking about you this morning, Jacob.
31:54You've got two B1s and two B2s this week.
31:57So for considering how you've been over the past few weeks,
32:01that is pretty good.
32:02You've not had a B3.
32:03You've not had any sort of verbal abuse.
32:06It's Friday afternoon and Jacob's been pulled in by student manager, Mr Wilson.
32:11Miss Pringles emailed me saying you didn't even use a time out talking in English today
32:14and that you did everything you needed to do.
32:17And then this has happened.
32:18You've proper, proper let yourself down today.
32:21Massively.
32:23It's been discovered that Jacob's been filming on his phone all day around school.
32:29Assistant Head Mrs Delaney has also got involved.
32:32There's some things that we just have to take really serious.
32:49Even when it's a really, really silly mistake and being oblivious to actually what you're doing.
32:56Is it on your story?
32:57Yeah, don't you?
32:58Matt, J.H. is messed up big time.
33:05Right.
33:05Filming after P.E.
33:07It's on his story.
33:08Is it off his story now?
33:09Well, that's what we're getting into now.
33:11It might seem like an extreme reaction, but there are certain things we have to do,
33:15regardless of what's being filmed and regardless of the sort of intent behind it in a way.
33:20It's out of our hands to a certain extent.
33:23If there's anything on there of nudity, we can't see it.
33:26Is anyone naked?
33:27Oh, I thought people were just laughing.
33:33It's absolutely not all right.
33:37Even if you don't see anything on the video.
33:41Oh, Jacob.
33:42Right, can you ring Jacob's mum, please?
33:50Yeah.
33:51She needs to come in straight away.
33:52You're suspended.
33:54Oh.
33:55Your mum's going to be fuming.
33:58Year eight student Jacob is in big trouble for filming around school.
34:02People are messing and I wanted to, like, make it funny by putting something like,
34:11this is what happens when teachers are in changing rooms and stuff.
34:14It's currently got no views because it's not uploaded.
34:21OK.
34:22The phones are everywhere and we try our best.
34:25If we see them, we confiscate them.
34:28Can we catch phones all the time?
34:30Absolutely not.
34:32Within a school setting, there are all sorts of trouble.
34:37Hi, is that Jacob's mum?
34:38It is.
34:39Hi, it's Mr Wilson at Thornhill Academy.
34:41I'm just ringing because you need to be available to come into school as soon as possible, please.
34:46Right, OK.
34:47All right, thank you.
34:49All right, I'm on my way.
34:50Cheers, bye.
34:52What on earth were you thinking?
34:55I don't know.
34:58We were just, everything was going the right way, but this has just trumped that.
35:03I've been here 14 years and seen thousands and thousands of students and there's always
35:09some students that have a real impact on you.
35:11There's just something I see in that face and those eyes that just wants to just be accepted
35:20and wants to be good. He's just not quite sure how to get there.
35:29Jacob's sent home while the senior leadership team weigh up this incident
35:34and his poor behaviour record before deciding what to do.
35:39He's gone.
35:41I just feel like he failed.
35:46Oh, no.
35:47Oh!
35:48He was trying to make people laugh.
35:51He's just trying to be accepted.
35:55You know, it's not often that things can really get to you, but when you see a young person like
36:01that that's struggled so much, that's been through so much trauma and bereavement and then we're sort of at
36:09what could be the end of his journey at Thornhill in year eight.
36:14Yeah, we're only human.
36:20You can't help but take it personal.
36:22Come on, let's just...
36:24Come on.
36:25Come on.
36:26Take it personal because you're putting your heart and soul into a young person and then you feel like it's a kick in the teeth.
36:38You can't help but look at it.
36:39You can't help.
36:41You can't help but look at it.
36:43You can't help but look at it.
36:45You can't help but look at it.
36:47You can't help but look at it.
36:49You can't help but look at it.
36:50You can't help but look at it.
36:53It doesn't make sense though.
36:55I mean, it looks so different now since I was in Berlin, it looks proper different.
37:02I don't know what it is.
37:02Puberty.
37:06Now that everyone's got things to be getting on with, I do want to gain style of work.
37:11Mr Burton has decided Jacob will temporarily go to another school for a reset.
37:23So I thought it would be worth catching up about Jacob.
37:25How do you feel about it all?
37:26I would go ahead on Friday.
37:29I felt deflated and a bit like I'd let him down.
37:33I'd went through everything, like, with a fine-tooth comb,
37:36thinking, I've missed summer, is there a plate that's been dropped there?
37:39Could we have done more? Did we intervene early enough?
37:42Look, that lad has been looked after as much as we possibly can.
37:47There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that going forward,
37:51his life will be better as a direct result of the actions of this school,
37:54and that's the direct result of the actions that you've put in.
37:56Thank you. It means a lot.
37:58All right. Is that like you're going to cry, then?
38:00No, all them tears came out Friday.
38:03Do you want to kick... No, Ty, I tell you, I very rarely do chocolate.
38:08I like a warm samosa. Oh, yeah.
38:11Yeah.
38:17The last time that we tried to go to chess, it didn't go very well, did it?
38:20Yeah.
38:21I just thought that was childish for going to a club at my age.
38:24Too old for it.
38:25There are loads of clubs that are going on.
38:28There are clubs for adults.
38:29That's a bit sad.
38:31LAUGHTER
38:32Do you worry, Lewis, that if you go to chess,
38:38that you might sort of think about what other people are thinking about you?
38:41Of course, yes.
38:42Well, wouldn't I?
38:43I see it happen so much in every school I've ever been.
38:47That why shouldn't it apply to me now?
38:49Worry of being bullied, taking the mick out of, laughed at.
38:52I'm not joking.
38:53As it stands at the moment, how I know you,
38:56I think you fit very well into society.
38:58Why, thank you, miss.
38:59Sometimes I feel like my actions completely are misunderstood
39:03by how others will perceive it.
39:07The problem is, the chance is, there's going to be nobody there.
39:10I think there were about three or four people
39:12in the last session that she had.
39:13Hmm.
39:14All in your year group.
39:16I think it's on today.
39:18Mm-hm.
39:19Maybe you could try?
39:21Why not, then?
39:22OK.
39:22We'll try it.
39:23Yeah?
39:24Good for you.
39:27I'm proud of you for giving it a try.
39:29Miss, I'm not your son.
39:32Do you want me to say it like that?
39:34Still proud of you.
39:36Just being able to have a conversation with somebody new
39:40is massive.
39:42Best piece in the open door?
39:43Yeah.
39:44If he can put himself out of his comfort zone a little bit,
39:47deep down, he'll be really proud of himself.
39:51Lewis!
39:54Are you good at chess?
39:56I'm saying I'm OK.
39:57Yeah? I'm rubbish.
39:58Yeah, I'm not, then, miss.
39:59You've got a good chance of winning, miss.
40:02Er...
40:02I feel bad for you, miss,
40:03like you set this up and nobody comes.
40:05No, it's fine.
40:06We did have some people just turn up,
40:07but then they've gone to yoga.
40:10Why do you go to yoga?
40:11I don't know.
40:13Hello.
40:15Hi, Isaac.
40:16Hello, guys.
40:17You coming in?
40:17I thought it would be, like, the only person here was, like, two of the year sevens.
40:24I prefer to be the youngest in than the oldest.
40:27Right, does anyone want a game?
40:29I'll play you.
40:30Yeah.
40:31Oh, yeah.
40:32Do you two want to play together?
40:33Oh, yeah.
40:33Yeah?
40:34I'll coach you, Lewis.
40:35Come on, Lewis.
40:39It's quite tense.
40:41Go on, then, move.
40:44Move there and try and get me.
40:45Scott.
40:46Scott.
40:48What do you have to do, mate?
40:49Kieran, shut up.
40:50Don't stop the win.
40:57Nice.
40:59Not nice.
41:04Check.
41:05Check.
41:05I need five extra turns if I want to beat you to even get the king.
41:14I don't normally talk to the other pupils.
41:16It takes a lot for me to open up to, I believe, that is how you say it.
41:20I guess you could just say I grow on people.
41:23I mean, not like a virus or a fungus, but you know what I mean.
41:30No matter what, it grows.
41:33No.
41:34Check.
41:35I think I have to check, mate.
41:39God.
41:41Brutal.
41:43Yeah, it is.
41:44Check, mate.
41:45Is it check, mate?
41:47He's good.
41:48You are good.
41:50Wow.
41:52Scott, he's just, like, cleaning everyone up.
41:57We have got three minutes left, guys.
41:59Y equals X plus 10, so does that mean it's 10?
42:07Yeah.
42:08Oh, this is quite easy, ain't it?
42:10No, Olivia, we talk about this all the time.
42:12Olivia, it's not easy.
42:13It's well taught.
42:15School is back for a new half-term.
42:22Jacob is returning to Thornhill after his time at another school.
42:26What we can't do is we can't think that we're just going to come straight back in, full-time, and go 100 mile an hour, and then for all of this to overstimulate you, and then you make the wrong choices.
42:44You are a lovely young man, and you've got the potential to do really well here, and I know your friends will be really happy to see you back, so let's start the half-term off very, very positively.
42:53Can we do that?
42:54Yeah.
42:56Right.
42:56We'll do our bit.
42:57We'll support and we'll help, and sometimes it's about difficult messages, sometimes it's about tough love.
43:03See you later.
43:04Are you going to go straight out, then?
43:06Don't kick anything.
43:08But there's no reason to believe that this young man cannot be successful.
43:12I absolutely hope that Jacob's successful.
43:14I really do.
43:16Right, you ready?
43:19Right, go on, Jacob.
43:21Lovely, Jacob.
43:23No child walks into a school and wants to misbehave.
43:29Get up, Jacob!
43:30There's always a reason for behaviour, whatever that may be.
43:35Good man, Jacob. Well done.
43:36Go on, Jacob.
43:38Well done, Jacob.
43:40You have to know the student, you have to know the person, the human being, and not the label.
43:47You finish it.
43:50Finish.
43:51I know that this is the right place for him.
43:54I know the work that we've done, the progress that he's made so far.
43:57I know that he will thrive here.
44:00Well played, lads.
44:01You're not on the list. You're not getting in.
44:12Oh, all right.
44:17I almost gave him a jacket.
44:18All right.
44:19From car.
44:20It's the annual awards night at Thornhill.
44:24If you'd like to come into the hall once you've got your food and your drinks, we'll be able to show you where to sleep.
44:29Good evening, everybody. Thank you so much for being here. It's rare that we see this hall this full. And it's absolutely wonderful to see this hall this full.
44:38Without understanding who the child is, you can't understand why certain things are happening or what's going on.
44:45This is my youth.
44:46Five years is a long time to spend in a place where you feel as if you don't belong.
45:16So making sure that the students do feel like they belong is crucial in their success.
45:23I'm sure you've got a good land for a man.
45:26I know you know you know.
45:26I know.
45:27And your lucky grandma.
45:29I don't even know what graphics is. I just got a reward for it.
45:32Listen, I can't tell you enough how proud I am of you.
45:36The way you have grown in this school is wonderfully evil.
45:40Here, they look after you and you respond to that.
45:44Don't you?
45:45Is it all right if I give you a kiss, please?
45:48Oh, I'm granddad as well.
45:50Have you ever won awards before, Lewis?
45:53I'm not a major award like that, but I've won a couple.
45:58But the only reason I go, I go to those things for the free food.
46:01Next time...
46:02One times one's one, innit?
46:10Yeah.
46:10One.
46:11It's crunch point for year 11.
46:13You treat this like supermarket suite.
46:16You get your trolley, you get round that paper and you bag your marks.
46:20If I don't get a phone, I swear to God, I'm going to go on the right time.
46:24But social media is a distraction from revision.
46:27Mobile phones are not allowed anywhere in school.
46:30Your friendship group is the group who's had the most phones confiscated in the entire school.
46:36And a familiar face is back to inspire the students.
46:40Can we give a big, big, big round of applause, please, to Musharraf?
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