Educating Essex: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

What is life really like for today's students and teachers? This series has unprecedented access to an English secondary school to follow a group of GCSE students, and the staff who teach them, as they face the most important year in their education. Passmores School in Harlow, Essex, is a successful school in a challenging area. Under headteacher Vic Goddard, it's been awarded Academy status and is rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted. The school has been rigged with 65 fixed cameras - from the corridors to the canteen, and from the headteacher's office to the detention hall - to reveal every detail of daily life.

Series details

• Title: Educating Essex
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2011-09-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-11-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4774

Cast and credited roles

• David Clews — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-09-22; final listed air date 2011-11-03; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Educating Essex on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.