London school to be featured in Educating series

Teaching jobs in a London secondary school will become the latest to be put in front of the TV cameras.

Following on from Educating Essex and Yorkshire, a school in east London's Walthamstow will be highlighted in the Channel 4 series.

Cameras will be welcomed into Frederick Bremer School, which was only opened in 2008. More than half of its students have English as an additional language, while a third receive free school meals. Last year, the school recorded a GCSE A-C rate of 52 per cent.

Head Jenny Smith said the earlier TV shows have successfully revealed to the nation how schools and teachers work to give young people the best opportunities, and have gone some way to transforming public perceptions of secondary schools.

"I am incredibly proud to be the head of a school which is so successful in supporting and nurturing every pupil to become successful and responsible citizens. It is our privilege to serve the vibrant, integrated and ambitious community of Walthamstow and I am confident that Bremer will represent how committed community schools such as ours are to ensuring that every pupil is given every opportunity to succeed," she added. 

Last year's Educating Yorkshire series offered a fly-on-the-wall view of life inside Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury and was a hit with viewers, becoming the channel's highest-rating show of the year with 4.8 million people tuning in. The final episode was named TV Moment of the Year by the Radio Times.

Speaking about the new London series, Channel 4's head of documentaries Nick Mirsky said it will continue to shine a light on the tireless work that is carried out unseen, every day by people in public services.

He added that Frederick Bremer is a school that has passionate and committed teachers and charismatic students. With ten episodes scheduled, it will be the longest series yet.

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