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00:00Amy, I'm sorry. I'm just sat here, the same clothes as Yistie, just thinking, why bother?
00:15You know, I've not done any of the work I said I would. Not a thing. I don't care.
00:20I haven't for a while now, because this job isn't right. It's just too much. It's just awful being a teacher.
00:27And the days are numbered for the school. It's just that. Then what do we do?
00:33What do we have left after the job is just bled to drive all our energy?
00:36I thought I could get by until the bare minimum, but just hold on tight and retire in 20 years.
00:42It's too much. There's no way to live. So I'm not coming in again. I can't.
00:48I'm not the right person to be a teacher. I quit.
00:57Good morning.
01:09Morning.
01:11Oh, hey, Meg.
01:12Photocopias nached again.
01:14I saw it. Can you check Drew's computer for lesson plan? He doesn't put anything on the shared drive.
01:21That is his log in.
01:23Is he off sick?
01:25He quit.
01:26No.
01:28Seriously, today?
01:29Yeah, today.
01:31Well, what are we going to do? We haven't got enough people.
01:33Well, we always do.
01:35Get on with it.
01:39It's a power play.
01:40Quit in the morning of an offset inspection.
01:42Well, I did say this would happen. I mean, he's been doing very little for a very long time.
01:47I can't get you extra cover.
01:49We're down three already, plus next to no support staff.
01:52Yeah, that's the sick list right now.
01:54You get one general supply teacher.
01:59Oh, will they have an English degree?
02:01I'm sure they'll be a voracious reader.
02:03You're going to have to talk to Ofsted for the department.
02:05You're the assistant head.
02:07You're the only one that can.
02:07Yeah, because it's an inexperienced department full of ECTs.
02:11Yeah, not my fault.
02:13Where is Abel Andy?
02:14Yeah, I think he's doing another PowerPoint, because that'll help.
02:19None of this is ideal.
02:21Just do what you can with Ofsted.
02:23I'm going to be honest with him about Drew, so you don't need to perform miracles.
02:27You know he's prepped nothing for inspection.
02:29Like, at all.
02:31Christ, well, I'm not going to be that honest.
02:34We just need to get through this.
02:36Great.
02:36The copier I have just fixed is broken again.
02:39You're FX wonky, by the way.
02:41Found a mathematician in the office.
02:48Shall we keep him?
02:49No, he doesn't read enough.
02:51Just looks up puzzle books.
02:53Is that for me?
02:54It is, but I'm regretting it now.
02:56Ooh, thank you.
02:57Aw, that's very sweet.
02:59I know, I'm cute, aren't I?
03:00Basically, in the wedding vows, I said they'd bring her a cup of tea before work each morning.
03:04So, I'm going to leave you to here.
03:06Have a lovely day.
03:07Have you told him?
03:08Ooh, I know.
03:09Told me what?
03:10What's the goss?
03:10What's the sitch?
03:12Drew Westhead's quit.
03:14What, on Afstead day?
03:16Of course he has.
03:17Because why wouldn't you?
03:19Hmm?
03:20I mean, you have been saying you could go at any point, haven't you?
03:21No, I have, haven't I?
03:23You're welcome.
03:25Okay, right, I am actually going to have to go.
03:26Right, love you.
03:27Bye, have a nice day.
03:30What?
03:31I'm locked on Drew's computer and there's nothing useful on it.
03:34No cover, lesson plans, nothing.
03:37All right, we'll pull some plans together.
03:39What, no one's got any time?
03:41What about Lewis, the new trainee?
03:43You could get him to copy and paste some bits.
03:45I can't legs any of him for something else.
03:47I've not done a full lesson yet.
03:49Well, no, I'll be with you.
03:50Sort of.
03:54Aren't you teaching another class at the same time?
03:56Uh, yeah, that's the sort of bit.
03:58Heya, Jan, what's up?
03:59Claire Parkinson's dad's here.
04:00He's, um, he's kicking off at any.
04:02Just come down as soon as you can.
04:05Gosh.
04:07All right, slight change of plan.
04:09You are going to start both lessons.
04:12Both?
04:14Becca, hat off, earrings out.
04:16Guys, remember it's assembly.
04:17Magrubi, making your way down, please.
04:19I want headphones away, phones away,
04:21and correct uniform on.
04:22We will be checking.
04:24Amy, I'm sorry to scream this.
04:26No, no, no, take a minute, all right?
04:28Go back to the office, look at the lesson plan,
04:30the resources, the standard requirements.
04:32I've got this, all right?
04:34Put it off.
04:38Hey, Jan.
04:39Sorry, love.
04:40I want to get away from the Ofsted fella.
04:42Yeah.
04:43Yeah.
04:44Yeah.
04:45There's more than the Ofsted gets around,
04:49and he's the big boss.
04:51So, um, I've put Claire Parkinson's dad away
04:54and into the office, but please, yourself,
04:56not happy.
04:56I'm sorry.
04:59Thanks, Jan.
05:00Good luck.
05:04So it's just you, yeah?
05:06Because I asked to see the head seat here
05:07and the head of English.
05:08No, I understand.
05:09Um, I'm sure the head is on his way.
05:12The head of English, however,
05:14isn't in.
05:15Yeah.
05:16Okay.
05:16Yeah, well, I don't think I'd come in, either.
05:19If I was in.
05:20Morning, you smash him in, Alexia.
05:22You keep going on, I think, I think.
05:25Is this what you want?
05:26Is this what you want me to say?
05:28I'd like to help you.
05:29I'd like to help all you little fool.
05:31And then you just laugh at me face.
05:34You think I'm in shock.
05:35You're in shock.
05:36You're in shock.
05:38Always, always, I've been taking it.
05:40Taking up my card.
05:41I'm a what?
05:42You're going to do nothing.
05:44You're going to do nothing.
05:45You're going to do nothing, you know,
05:46baseless, little idiot
05:47who will never, ever
05:49and not get in.
05:52Michael shouldn't have to come to school
05:54and have language like that.
05:55Hailed out by a teacher.
05:56No, I completely agree.
05:59It is unacceptable
06:00and I promise you
06:01there will be a full investigation.
06:03No, I don't want an investigation, love.
06:05I want him gone.
06:06No.
06:06I promise you
06:07he will not be teaching here again.
06:09Okay, the school will take this very seriously.
06:11Can't be taking it that seriously.
06:12Where's the head teacher?
06:13We've got a lot going on today.
06:15There is Ostead coming in.
06:16Oh, so this isn't taking priority.
06:19Is that how it is, is it?
06:20Yeah.
06:20No, of course it is.
06:20You know what?
06:21This place is a mess
06:22from top to bottom.
06:24Even the homework
06:25Claire gets as crap.
06:27It's easy.
06:28She says there's not even proper teachers
06:29in her class half the time.
06:31Don't teachers matter?
06:32Of course they do.
06:33I am invested in this place.
06:36I want you,
06:37I want you to do well.
06:39I want my doors there
06:39to have that the best.
06:41That's why I'm a lunatic.
06:44You have my word,
06:46Estelle.
06:46You're not that much.
06:46You're my boring, you're am I, yeah?
06:48No.
06:49No, look,
06:49Claire is a fantastic student
06:51but I need to be teaching right now
06:54and that is how I can help
06:55give the students the best.
06:57So I'm really sorry
06:58but I have to go.
06:59Are you just getting in?
07:03Sorry, miss.
07:04Alan, come on,
07:05this isn't like you.
07:05You live around the corner.
07:07Hoodie off and pop her shoes on.
07:08Get to assembly.
07:09Miss,
07:10can I talk to you?
07:12Um,
07:13not right now,
07:14no,
07:14but the class is later, yeah?
07:16You did great last week.
07:18We can have a chat.
07:18Please be wearing proper uniform.
07:27OK, year 11.
07:28Unseen Poetry.
07:34Got any questions to start?
07:36Where's Mr Westhead?
07:38I'll, er,
07:39give you some more time on this
07:41and then we'll go through it.
07:43Just ask you a question,
07:45sir, don't be rude.
07:49Phone's away now, please.
07:51I've asked you to start.
07:53Look at the whiteboard
07:54and follow it.
07:55Unseen Poetry.
07:56You've all done it before.
07:58Come on.
08:01Some of you've made a good start.
08:03I just need you to...
08:04I just need you to...
08:05set phones away.
08:07Don't be filming things.
08:08Don't be filming me.
08:10Not it.
08:11What's going on?
08:23What's going on?
08:27I just need you to get back in there.
08:31Oh, well, you need to get back in there.
08:33I, erm...
08:34I let both classes in, but...
08:37I haven't checked on yours for a little while.
08:40One lad said he was feeling ill,
08:41but I think he was having me on.
08:43I've usually got a routine and stuff, but it's...
08:45All right, no, no, no, no.
08:45I'm sorry.
08:46I was late, all right?
08:47But you can do this, okay?
08:48You can get it under control.
08:50Make them pay attention.
08:52All right?
08:53Right, Year 11.
08:56This is not an acceptable way to start class.
08:59Bags away, sitting in our chairs properly,
09:01ready to learn.
09:03Right, Mr Westhead is off today,
09:05so Mr Grantham will be talking you through class.
09:08I'll be popping in and out,
09:09and I expect to see hard work, okay?
09:11This is your GCSEs.
09:13Oh, yes.
09:14Oh, the sound of enthusiasm.
09:18Over to you, Mr Grantham.
09:23Okay, Year 11.
09:25Let's try again then, shall we?
09:28Off the table.
09:29Sit in your seats.
09:31You're Year 11, I expect better.
09:33Just because I'm late doesn't mean you can skive.
09:36Right, unseen poetry.
09:38Let's get cracking.
09:40An off-tack coming here, Miss?
09:42I don't know, Henry.
09:44Let's just assume that they are,
09:46and have a good lesson, shall we?
09:47Have I got your report card?
09:49Miss, Alex feels sick.
09:50Alex, do you feel ill?
09:56I'll take your silence as a no.
09:58Who needs a pen?
10:01Oh, my goodness me.
10:02You are Year 11.
10:03Bring your own pens in.
10:05Yours are dead, go through, Miss.
10:06Yeah, they're good, because I buy them myself.
10:09Hand these out.
10:10And I want them all back by the end of class.
10:12Do you hear?
10:14Henry?
10:15I didn't do anything.
10:17Henry, I just saw you.
10:18I didn't do anything. You can't prove it.
10:20No, I don't need to prove anything.
10:22I literally just...
10:23That's enough, Ian Oliver!
10:26Wait.
10:28Sir?
10:29Always.
10:30Always.
10:32Will you film it, Miss?
10:33I'm Williams.
10:34I swear, Miss, I was taxing.
10:36No, it's all right, Ben.
10:37It's all right.
10:37Look, guys, settle down.
10:38I know this morning has been a bit odd, OK?
10:40But you're a good group, and you should be working hard.
10:44If you're not focused on tasks by the next time I come in,
10:47there's going to be consequences.
10:48Do you understand?
10:50Right.
10:52Shout out to Miss and the answer.
10:54All right?
10:54Just focus on the lesson plan.
10:56And stay calm.
10:58You can do this.
10:59All right, no more distractions.
11:13Let's get focused.
11:15All right.
11:16All right.
11:17All right.
11:18All right.
11:19All right.
11:20All right.
11:21All right.
11:29Then they all started retching, and I was like,
11:33are they all just going to bomb, hit?
11:35That's horrible, though.
11:35Oh, yeah.
11:36Oh, no, it's not a bug, is it?
11:38No, he had two splits before school.
11:41I'm sorry, what?
11:42He had two splits before school?
11:44He wanted to be relaxed for Ofsted.
11:46Spent the rest of the lesson cleaning,
11:48trying to talk about poems, and...
11:51How was your morning?
11:53Well, clearly not as bad as yours,
11:56and I got observed.
11:58First lesson?
11:59Yeah.
11:59Shit.
12:00How was it?
12:01Awful.
12:03And then, OK.
12:04I just think the kids, they were, like, really hyped up.
12:08But I just started second-guessing everything I was saying,
12:11like, as I was saying it.
12:13But I don't think we're going to be getting all special measures.
12:16Oh, let's not even think about it,
12:18because if they've done maths,
12:19then they're definitely doing English,
12:21and I'm doing all the Ofsted bollocks for the department now.
12:27But...
12:28I just think it's mad.
12:31They seem to have put everything on you.
12:33Us?
12:33Because of all the Drew stuff?
12:34Oh, let's have it right.
12:35Even if Drew was still here,
12:36you'd still be doing all this stuff anyway.
12:38He's down to yours and fucked off.
12:40It just takes the piss.
12:41I know.
12:42And you know I know, so...
12:44No, I'm just saying, look,
12:45this place, it annoys me, OK?
12:47It puts too much on me,
12:48and it definitely puts too much on you.
12:50What use is it, me kicking off, hmm?
12:53It is what it is.
12:54We just keep going.
12:57I'd be glad when the day is, though.
12:58I mean, it really does look like the Nando spice jar.
13:04Except there's ten things to fail on now rather than five.
13:07What utter bullshit.
13:10What the hell is that?
13:12Drew hasn't done any mark on any end since the start of the year.
13:15If Ofsted see this, we're fucked.
13:17Yeah, that's going to be the judgment.
13:19Fucked.
13:20Jesus Christ.
13:22OK.
13:23OK.
13:24Look, we just have to get through with it, all right?
13:26Give them the cat to lick.
13:28Mix them in with our books that have been marked.
13:31We just get it done.
13:47Your ma took the low offer on the chase.
14:11Not appropriate.
14:17This is crap, miss.
14:19You always say this, Elle, and it's never true.
14:24OK.
14:24You have Pip meaning Magwidge.
14:27What language choices stood out?
14:29Come on.
14:31OK.
14:31So, well, we thought that words like cotton stone
14:34were to do with pain.
14:36So you might feel sorry for him
14:37because he's been through some stuff.
14:39He's also scary because he growls like an animal at Pip.
14:43See?
14:44Good stuff.
14:44Focusing on language is good, all right?
14:48And the growl was a nice catch.
14:49Well done.
14:50What I want everyone to do
14:51is really push our thinking
14:53when it comes to looking at...
14:55Excuse me?
14:57Sorry, miss.
14:58Where have you been, Callum?
14:59I don't want to just leave it, miss.
15:01Well, no.
15:02You do not get to walk into my class halfway through
15:04and act like it's my fault.
15:05Wait outside, please.
15:06I'll...
15:06No.
15:08I want to be here.
15:09Sit down, be quiet,
15:14and show me you're ready to learn.
15:17Take your hoodie off.
15:18I've asked you once before already.
15:20Yeah.
15:21When you do, Bear,
15:22do you look like a little scruff?
15:24Er, Harvey, no.
15:25Stop.
15:26We've had a good lesson.
15:27Calm down.
15:28Calm down.
15:28Calm down.
15:28Calm down.
15:29Calm down.
15:29Calm down.
15:30Harvey, stop.
15:31Over there.
15:31It's only having a laugh for a minute of love.
15:33Outside.
15:33Outside.
15:34No, I just want to be in here.
15:35Just let me sit down.
15:36No, you are not thinking straight, all right?
15:37You need to take a breath.
15:38Your behavior...
15:39Harvey, stop.
15:40Hey, it's you.
15:41Yeah, all right.
15:42I will deal with Harvey.
15:43You have come in,
15:44disrupted my lesson.
15:45Oh, tell me what I'm missing.
15:46Come on.
15:47Come on, tell me what I've missed.
15:48Calm down.
15:50I'm calm.
15:50I need to be in here.
15:51Let me be in here.
15:52Right, you need to think, okay?
15:54What choices?
15:55No, you're not listening.
15:56Why are you just listening to me?
15:59Callum,
15:59you are one step away from a phone call home.
16:02I know that's not what you want.
16:03Fuck off.
16:04I like that too.
16:06I've come in for this.
16:07I want to do this.
16:09Just let me sit down.
16:10I've come in for this.
16:11I want to do this.
16:12I'm going to the behavior unit.
16:14Out!
16:29Are you all right, miss?
16:31Yeah, just back to it, everyone, please.
16:33Mish, um...
16:37Harvey, you go to the behavioral unit too.
16:40You want a cuppa?
16:50I'm going to the staff room.
16:53I'm all right, thanks.
16:56Look, I'm sorry about before.
16:57No, it's my fault.
16:59It's my fault.
16:59My head's been all over the place.
17:01I wasn't thinking straight.
17:03Then I was late for the lesson.
17:05I usually have a routine and stuff before a lesson, but I don't know, I just...
17:08I got overwhelmed.
17:11The job can do that.
17:13I did well on me resilience module at uni.
17:17Being here, though, is something else.
17:20No, I feel for you.
17:22This is a hard school to train at.
17:23I mean, the job's good when you start to see the kids develop in interesting ways or understand new things, makes you feel like you're a good teacher.
17:33You know, but that takes time and we don't have that here.
17:38You've just got to keep moving forward and get to the end of the day.
17:44Teaching here is sink or swim.
17:46It just is.
17:49You're throwing the deep end and you don't swim.
17:54You don't.
18:03Hiya, it's me.
18:06Leave me a message and I'll text you back.
18:09Mum, I need you, please.
18:12I don't know what I'm doing.
18:12Hello.
18:13What are you doing?
18:15Should be in behaviour unit with me, come on.
18:17I want to talk to Mrs. Garrison.
18:19Look, you can't right now.
18:21Let's go.
18:22Come on.
18:24Take your body off as well.
18:25No.
18:26Are you supposed to talk to the teacher?
18:28The writing has purpose.
18:30Yes, which could be...
18:31If you want me to buy better snacks for these lunch clubs,
18:37what will you have to do?
18:38Not just ask me, but...
18:41Convince, persuade?
18:44Yes!
18:44So that's why it's transactional writing.
18:46It wants something from its reader.
18:49All right.
18:50That's all we've got time for today.
18:52Pack up your bits and go get some fresh air.
18:54Ben, think of it like this.
18:57Tactics in football.
18:57Different choices bring about different results.
19:00Same goes for your writing choices.
19:02Yeah?
19:03Yeah, okay.
19:04That makes sense.
19:05All right.
19:06Well done, guys.
19:08Same again tomorrow if you fancy.
19:09I'll be here as always.
19:12You all right, Coastie?
19:15Yeah.
19:18Can I take some of these snacks home for tea tonight?
19:23Of course you can, yeah.
19:31If you ever want to talk,
19:33you know I'm here, don't you?
19:35Yeah.
19:37Thanks, miss.
19:43Sit down.
19:44I'll get you some work.
19:45So it was Callum from Year 10?
20:02I mean, I really thought he was going to hit me,
20:04which is so unlike how he usually is.
20:08I'll have a word with him once he's cooled down.
20:10Have you told pupils report?
20:13I emailed them,
20:14but apparently no one's in until next week.
20:16So a bit like the behaviour management
20:18we were promised last year.
20:20Non-existent.
20:21I've literally just done two classes,
20:23seven pupils, yeah,
20:24and I'm fully convinced
20:25they just want to cut back
20:26and cut back
20:27and just see what the bare minimum
20:29we can function with is.
20:29And you know what?
20:30I'm sick of it.
20:31I mean, talk to be honest, Amy.
20:34What do you think about leaving?
20:36You say this again and again.
20:39Yeah, because it's getting worse.
20:40This is a job, Joe.
20:42I mean, you nearly getting hit
20:43is not part of the job.
20:44That's not normal, is it?
20:45Look, I know the places,
20:46they're going to have to...
20:47They'll just have similar problems.
20:48Not enough money,
20:49not enough staff.
20:50We can't just quit
20:51because it's getting tough, okay?
20:53I went to a school like this
20:54and the kids need us here.
20:55So what are you going to do?
20:56Just stay here just for the sake of it.
20:58I'm not saying that.
20:59All right, well, I'm not having a go at you.
21:01Yeah, you are a bit, actually.
21:02Amy, I...
21:07Look, I've been thinking a lot, okay?
21:11I just...
21:12I just think...
21:14If we do have a kid
21:15and we're spending all of our time here
21:18just working, what, 70, 80 hour weeks
21:20working ourselves to the bone
21:21and becoming just two husks of people
21:25expending all our time and effort and energy
21:27on other people's kids
21:28and not being able to look after our own,
21:29that's not right.
21:32That's not fair, is it?
21:39Yeah.
21:43What? What is it?
21:48Um...
21:48Well, I was going to tell you later,
21:51but...
21:52It's been weighing on me, actually,
21:54and then...
21:55with everything that's gone on today,
21:57just...
21:58I'm not pregnant.
22:08I felt a bit funny this morning.
22:10I thought...
22:11maybe...
22:13but I took a test,
22:15and I'm not, so...
22:20You okay?
22:21Yeah.
22:26Just maybe need a break from time, though.
22:30Yeah, yeah, I get that.
22:31I think it's just because you're acting head of department.
22:43No, I'm not.
22:44Well, no, not officially, but...
22:45And marking books is something that we can all do.
22:46Eh? I've been doing loads.
22:47Are we doing another late night tonight?
22:48Only because if we are, I'll order us another pizza.
22:50Hello? Amy?
22:50Oh, my God, Christ, Meg.
22:51I don't know. I don't know.
22:51I don't know. I'm just trying to think about Austed today, okay?
22:53Never mind tomorrow.
22:54I'm just...
22:55I'm just...
22:56I'm just...
22:56I'm just...
22:57I'm just...
22:57I'm just...
22:58I'm just...
22:59I'm just...
22:59I'm just...
23:00I'm just trying to get my lessons bulletproof, but I can't, can I, because there's never
23:23any fucking time.
23:24We're all having a bad day, Amy?
23:29Yeah.
23:30Oh, eh?
23:31If you go on a false copy and it's broken again, sorry.
23:35I was meant to say sorry.
23:38Well, never mind telling me, Megs.
23:39How about someone else go fix it?
23:41Hm?
23:42I don't do anything special.
23:43Just follow the instructions, turn it off and on again.
23:45All right.
23:46Do you know what?
23:47I'm getting sick to my back teeth of everyone just dumping everything on my desk, expecting
23:50me to sort it.
23:51Oh, God.
23:52Amy?
23:53Bad time?
23:54Massively so, but go on.
24:09I'll be quick.
24:14We're putting together a response to the Drew situation.
24:18I want us to be prepared so we're looking at a full staff conduct review across the
24:21board by an external.
24:23We're also moving you into the head of English role.
24:28You're experienced, you're trusted by the parents and staff.
24:31It's a good, positive move.
24:32If we could just get a quote from you about taking on the role and moving forward, that'd
24:36be brilliant.
24:38You can really shape the department.
24:39I want a more holistic approach with a fantastic teacher at the centre and it's a great opportunity.
24:51Why is it that man has to fail so spectacularly for a woman to get a great opportunity?
24:56That's not what this is.
24:57Feels like PR.
24:58Feels like you want me to come and clean up.
25:01Look, we've had this conversation before.
25:03You know, you know I backed you for that job I had to do last year.
25:06And I also know that I ended up doing the role anyway, just without the pay or job title.
25:11Well that can change.
25:12Look, I want these kids to have their absolute best.
25:14Because I think they deserve it.
25:15And I know you feel the same.
25:17I know it.
25:18The school needs you.
25:19You're a fixer.
25:20You make the best of what we've got.
25:22And that's all we need going forward.
25:24Yeah?
25:25Will you replace Drew?
25:28Because if nothing else, he was a body in the room.
25:31We can't straight away.
25:33We're going to have to be creative with the timetabling.
25:35Yeah, so that's my problem.
25:37I will be head of department.
25:39I'll come to you with a problem.
25:40And you'll tell me, sorry Amy, nothing we can do.
25:43That's not good.
25:44No, no, no.
25:45Wait, wait.
25:46Hold on.
25:47Because as much as I'm thinking about it, as much as I'm interested,
25:49I'm also thinking you're offering this to me because I'm not a fixer.
25:52I just put up with things.
25:54I mean, Chris, look, I try my hardest.
25:57I do.
25:58But let's be honest, it's not getting any better around here, is it?
26:01Well, that's why I want you head of English.
26:03You can raise the standards, imprint on it.
26:06We are limited, yes.
26:08But better days are coming if we work at it.
26:11All right, all right.
26:16Cards on the table.
26:17The head's done.
26:18The head's done after this Ofsted.
26:21He took us into special measures and he's not getting us out.
26:24Schools evolve and thrive or they stagnate in mediocrity and die.
26:30We're close to the abyss and...
26:31You're gonna save us all.
26:33Well, the governor's not got ambition.
26:35They know I can spend the money better than Andy.
26:37Make better decisions like putting you in a position of power.
26:40Look, the...
26:43The kids need us.
26:45Let me know by the end of the day.
26:48I really want you for this.
26:50I really want you for this.
26:55I want you for this.
26:56What?
26:58What?
27:25What?
27:28Stop! Stop right now!
27:31Get in!
27:31Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
27:33Callum, enough! Stop right now!
27:34Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
27:36Get in!
27:40Help you sit down, Callum. Outside now.
27:43Now!
27:45I can't do this. This isn't fair.
27:49Everyone back in your seats!
27:51What happened?
27:52Where the bleeding hell were you?
27:54It's only went to Lou.
27:55Callum!
27:58Oh!
28:03You alright?
28:04Miss?
28:05Shh.
28:06What's happening?
28:07I'm coming out here now.
28:08I think it's my turn right now.
28:12Is it?
28:13What are you doing?
28:14What are you doing?
28:16Have a great day.
28:17Have a great day.
28:18You're all right?
28:19Miss?
28:20Shh.
28:21What's happening?
28:22I'm coming out here now.
28:23I need to watch here.
28:24It's my turn right now.
28:25I need to hear this.
28:26Right, more poetry.
28:34We are going to be looking at two poems today,
28:37picking them apart in our pairs,
28:39and then maybe some writing at the end.
28:42Paul, can you hand those out for me, please?
28:44It's going to be a good one today, so let's get started,
28:46and it will be closer to home time.
28:56So what is Wordsworth doing here with the language of...
29:02Blake, miss, it's bleak.
29:06Yes, Blake. Sorry.
29:10So here we have Blake, wandering through London in the 1790s,
29:15describing a nightmarish dystopia,
29:18corrupted by those in power,
29:20inflaming everyone who lives there.
29:22What?
29:24Hi. Mind if I pop him?
29:26Yeah, of course.
29:31Hello.
29:33Settle down, everyone. Back to work, please.
29:38Well, what have you done it, miss? Come on.
29:41Oh, yeah. OK, right.
29:43So, then, tell me things.
29:47What is it?
29:48Any answer. Any answer will do.
29:51A poem.
29:52Yes, Paul, it is a poem,
29:54but how do we know it's a poem?
29:57Hmm?
29:58The way it looks.
29:59Yes, Gabby, but, you know,
30:01it's not enough to just say that.
30:03Come on, give me more.
30:04Use what we've been over already.
30:06It's about London and it uses a metaphor.
30:15Yes. Well done. That's great. Excellent.
30:18Come on. Anyone else?
30:19It's an...
30:20What?
30:20...our poem.
30:21It is an old poem, correct?
30:24But how do we know?
30:28Hmm?
30:29Anyone?
30:32Guys, it's not enough to just say it's a poem, OK?
30:34What type of poem is it?
30:36How do we know it's a poem?
30:37What language is Blake using, OK?
30:41More.
30:42You guys, come on, keep going.
30:43You need to give me more.
30:44Can we move on yet, Miss?
30:51Yeah, just look at the Wordsworth, OK?
30:54Blake, Miss.
30:55You know what I mean, Gabby.
30:57Just turn off and on, Miss. Come on.
30:59Just carry on.
31:00You know, everyone, OK?
31:02You're going to be fine.
31:04It's normally worse than this Ofsted.
31:06This is why we've got him set.
31:10Miss, can you put your hand on, please?
31:11Miss, this is so boring.
31:12No, I can't hear what I'm loving.
31:14Miss, look at you.
31:15Why are we even doing this?
31:16This is a mess.
31:17No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
31:17Miss?
31:20Stop!
31:21Just stop, OK?
31:23You can see I'm having a problem here.
31:24You can see it's not working.
31:26So just stop.
31:33It wasn't a good lesson.
31:35But the lesson plan was good, though.
31:37You've seen that.
31:39You've read that.
31:40Yes, well, these things can happen.
31:42I'd love to have a wider chat about the department.
31:46Maybe think about doing a learning walk through lessons tomorrow.
31:49Yeah.
31:49Yeah, that's fine.
31:50What did you write down about the lesson?
31:53Oh, I can't talk about it.
31:56Bad, then.
31:59You know it's not about one individual lesson.
32:01It's more about the learning across the larger landscape of the school.
32:05Yeah, but, you know, I said it was a bad lesson.
32:08I understand where I went wrong.
32:10Does that not count for anything in your report?
32:13Well, you may know you've had one bad lesson.
32:15We're here to make sure that it's not something which is occurring regularly.
32:19So the point of view is to come here and tell us things we already know.
32:24Brilliant.
32:25Absolutely brilliant.
32:27I'm not sure what this is, but I do understand that this is a school going through tough times.
32:32No, you do not care.
32:33I do care.
32:35Oh, please.
32:35And we want rapid improvement.
32:38This is a school you put into special measures.
32:41A school that has no support, finance cuts, staff cuts, and you expect rapid improvements.
32:48It can be done.
32:49Oh.
32:49Even in the toughest of circumstances and with limitations, improvements have to be made.
32:55That's the job.
32:56I have heard it time and time again.
32:58We need to be doing more with less.
33:00But we have nothing, and you are expecting everything from us.
33:06Your eye looks swollen.
33:09Yes, I am having a bad day.
33:11Where does that stand in your larger landscape of things?
33:15Well, what happened?
33:16You shouldn't have been teaching.
33:18There you go.
33:18Telling me things I already know.
33:20Again.
33:20Look, I was a teacher too.
33:24I do understand.
33:25You were last in a classroom when?
33:27No, you judge us based on your own whims with zero consideration for the fact that the system
33:33is fucking shattered.
33:35Now, I don't know what's going on here, but I do know that if you're going through something,
33:40then it needs to be done away from the classroom.
33:43Your bad day should not affect the children's learning.
33:45If it were your child, you would want the best.
33:49And if you weren't getting it, then you would want intervention and action.
33:55Now, I'm going to go and look for some ice for your eye.
34:00You shouldn't have done that lesson.
34:02You should have done that lesson today.
35:01I ain't going back, miss.
35:09Neither am I.
35:17You okay?
35:20Will you quit then?
35:24Maybe.
35:26Because of me?
35:28No.
35:31Come on.
35:39Let's go for a walk.
35:41It was a good lesson you missed.
35:44All about picking up on language and how to convey meaning through choice.
35:49All stuff you're good at.
35:52Probably the best lesson of the day, which is saying something.
35:54I didn't mean to at you.
35:59You shouldn't have been fighting, Callum.
36:02People are taking piss laughing at me, are they?
36:04That's why you need to be in proper uniform.
36:07What?
36:07I like it.
36:09Mum got it, then.
36:11That's nice.
36:12Keep it for when you're not at school.
36:14I really didn't mean to at you.
36:18I know.
36:20Still did, though.
36:22Sorry.
36:24Really am.
36:25What's going on, Callum?
36:28You've not been right today.
36:31Are you still Miss Eidra?
36:33You can talk to me, you know that.
36:37I wanted to come to office, but I didn't want to see any of the teachers.
36:43Because I was going to come and see you.
36:45I wanted to come and see you this morning.
36:47That's why you were late.
36:48Then I wanted to talk to you in the lesson.
36:51I wanted to be in the lesson.
36:52I did.
36:52I proper did.
36:53I wanted to be there.
36:54It didn't seem like it.
36:55I did.
36:56I was just fucking...
36:57I couldn't hack it.
37:00I just...
37:00I wanted to talk.
37:01Well, talk to me now.
37:02What's wrong?
37:04I was going to...
37:05I did want to tell you.
37:07I was going to come and then I didn't.
37:09And it all just...
37:10Built up in me head and...
37:13Tell me now, Callum.
37:15Tell me.
37:19I think...
37:20I think...
37:25I think my mum's dead.
37:34Just leave it, miss.
37:35Just leave it, you know.
37:39We agreed.
37:40I'm going to go in.
37:42Check.
37:43And then we can make some calls.
37:46I don't want anyone else.
37:47I just...
37:48I think I'm wrong.
37:49I'm probably wrong.
37:52Do you want me to go in?
37:55I don't want anything else.
38:21Let's go.
38:51Let's go.
39:21Let's go.
39:22I'm really sorry.
39:23Let's go.
39:24Let's go.
39:25Let's go.
39:26Let's go.
39:27Let's go.
39:28Let's go.
39:29Let's go.
39:30Let's go.
39:31Let's go.
39:32Let's go.
39:33Let's go.
39:34Let's go.
39:35Let's go.
39:36Let's go.
39:37Let's go.
39:38Let's go.
39:39Let's go.
39:40Let's go.
39:41Let's go.
39:42Let's go.
39:43Let's go.
39:44Let's go.
39:45Let's go.
39:46Let's go.
39:47Let's go.
39:48Let's go.
39:49Let's go.
39:50Let's go.
39:51Let's go.
39:52Let's go.
39:53Let's go.
39:54Let's go.
39:55Let's go.
39:56Let's go.
39:57Let's go.
39:58Let's go.
39:59Let's go.
40:00Let's go.
40:01Bring him back to school as well.
40:03Can't just keep him here.
40:04Okay.
40:05I don't think there's anyone else that is there.
40:08Not that I know of.
40:10Now, um...
40:12I called a social as well.
40:15Poor kid.
40:20Yeah.
40:21He isn't benchmark.
40:23Hey.
40:25How did you find him?
40:27He was at the bus stop no school.
40:29I, erm, walked out.
40:32What do you mean? You walked out? Are you OK?
40:35No. We'll talk later.
40:38Love you.
40:40I love you too.
40:43Anderson, you're brilliant.
40:46OK.
40:48Bye.
40:59Shouldn't have said anything. No. You did the right thing.
41:07I don't know what happened.
41:11I went to bed.
41:14She stayed up.
41:16Stares up a bit, you know.
41:19I get up in the morning.
41:22Wack her up cos she sleeps heavy.
41:26She makes breakfast. I get ready.
41:32Breakfast together and then I go to school.
41:38See her for tea.
41:40Help her make tea and that's what we do.
41:46She wasn't in bed this morning. She was in the chair.
41:52And I tried to wake her up.
41:55Did it quietly and then a bit louder.
42:00Didn't know what to do on me. She was so cold.
42:05Honey, why didn't you tell anyone?
42:09Cos everything's gonna change and I don't want it to.
42:13I just wanted to go to school.
42:15Do work.
42:16But I couldn't.
42:19I promised that I'd do better in school. Be better.
42:21But I've been...
42:22It's been fucked all day.
42:23It's okay.
42:26It's okay.
42:31No, no.
42:32Yesterday it was fine.
42:34Last night it was fine.
42:35No, it's not.
42:38I don't understand why I don't get it, miss.
42:40It's not fair.
42:42Callum, is there not anyone I can call that can come and help?
42:49This is it.
42:51Without her I'm alone.
42:53And I don't understand why she's in there but she's not.
43:00She's not.
43:03I want her to tell her what to do but she can't.
43:10She's not fair, miss.
43:12I don't want this, miss. I don't want it.
43:13It's okay.
43:15It's okay.
43:16But I can't see her or what to do.
43:39It's better about me.
43:40Is that about me?
43:43It's about me and this place.
43:46Go on, you go. Two secs, yeah?
43:49Are you in trouble?
43:51No. Nothing like that.
43:55Would I do this on my own?
43:58You won't. All right?
44:01I'm right behind you.
44:10Thank you for choosing O'Reilly's On The Pier. It's a family business.
44:35I'm Amanda, your daughter. I thought you were dead.
44:38Mum collapses. Two people go missing.
44:40She's not who she says she is.
44:42After all I've done for you.
44:44This is how you repay me.
44:49Yes, brand new drama, The Imposter, starts Monday at 9.
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