Educating Essex

There are tears and tantrums as the Year 11s have their mock exams. When the results aren't good, the school throw everything they have at improving results for the real GCSEs.

The teachers grapple with the effects of social media at the school, from Snapchat revolutions to FaceTime disputes and name-calling on social media

This episode meets the school's behaviour team. Mr Chambers is close to losing his patience with cheeky Kayden. Mr Povey tries a left-field tactic with Vincent: putting him on the Student Council.

In this episode it's teen angst as Educating joins Harrop Fold's student development team. Mia's 15, seven months pregnant and just a few months away from her GCSE exams.

The documentary exploring day-to-day life at Willows High School in Cardiff concludes as the performing arts department prepares to stage a farewell concert. Auditions for the big show are well under way, and energetic pupil Coral is quick to sign up to sing. However, she is easily distracted in class, and her behaviour is worsening, and these issues hint at a bigger problem that may mean she is not yet ready for a solo performance in front of a 200-strong audience. Meanwhile, the women of the well-being and attendance office worry that Sean, a year 8 pupil with cerebral palsy, is relying a little too much on the safety and comfort of the Lunch Club, which offers pupils an alternative break spot to the rowdy canteen. Seeking to bring Sean out of his shell, the ladies decide the school cabaret might be the perfect opportunity to improve the youngster's confidence.

This episode focuses on young love and two unlikely couples. Georgia has been studying hard since she started dating high achiever Tyler. But the pressure of her Maths GCSE is getting to her.

This episode focuses on Year 8. Corey and Gethin have been inseparable friends both on and off the rugby pitch, but now it's time for them to compete for the title of Rugby Captain.

Moving from primary to secondary school isn't easy. This episode meets two Year 7 boys. Nervous Aaron struggles to find his feet, while popular Assad's antics disrupt the school.

The school year is drawing to a close. The staff at Frederick Bremer are preparing the students for life beyond the school gates, ensuring that they have the confidence to move on to pastures new. This heart-warming episode explores the autism provision, meeting a team who help to create a diverse school community and work hard to ensure that their pupils are ready for life beyond the classroom. Year 10 student Christopher is one of a handful of students at Frederick Bremer on the autism spectrum. He is constantly smiling and passing on his motto 'keep positive'. Home support worker Mrs Austin defines the impact he has on the school perfectly: 'everyone needs a spoonful of Christopher.'

Those all-important GCSE exams are creeping ever closer, but while the pressure is on for the students of Year 11 to knuckle down to some much-needed revision, for many of the girls - Paige in particular - their attention has a habit of turning away from study, and instead toward friendships, proms and boys. She and her closest friends Georgia and Yasmine are three of the most popular girls in school, and while the younger girls look up to them, the boys have crushes on them. The girls are expected to do well in their exams, but they are very aware that the pressure on them is mounting, and cracks soon start to appear in the friendship and threaten to undo all the hard work they have put in so far

Being a head teacher often keeps Ms. Smith awake at night. She has 900 pupils in her care and feels responsible for every one of them. Some of the students' family dramas can impact on school life, and in this episode, alongside Ms. Smith, English teacher Mr. Bispham and deputy head Miss Hillman have to find a multitude of ways of engaging with the kids to help them leave their sometimes unsettling troubles at the gates. The programme also meets Hazel, an East-Ender born and bred, and a non-teaching pastoral support worker at Frederick Bremer. She's the first port of call when kids are sent out of the classroom and can be found patrolling the corridor, walkie-talkie in hand, often notching up as many as five miles a day. Excluded from her own school when she was younger, her own experiences of a personal family tragedy means= she feels particularly close to those hard-to-reach students she works with.

This time at Frederick Bremer School in East London it's all about the boys, and Head Teacher Jenny Smith is determined to set two strong-minded pupils off on the right path. Halil thinks he is the coolest kid at Frederick Bremer School, but despite his infectious laugh and "cheeky chappy" persona, he can't stay out of trouble. Meanwhile, Lemar doesn't like the stereotype of London "hoodies" hanging around the streets in big groups. His main ambition is to make it as a professional footballer, but staff are working hard to ensure he has other options available

It's the final months of school and the Year 11 students are preparing for life beyond Thornhill. English teacher Mr Burton is one of a kind. He's an Assistant Head at just 30 years old, and music, fancy-dress and jumping on tables are all part of his teacher's toolkit. This year, he has his most challenging C/D borderline class so far, and two of his students pose very different challenges. Musharaf has a severe stammer, and anxiety about leaving Thornhill seems to have made it worse. As Musharaf prepares for his GCSE English oral exam, Mr Burton is prepared to try any tactic, no matter how unusual, to help improve his fluency. Meanwhile, Hannah would be capable of A grades, were it not for her aversion to staying in class. The school staff are concerned about her not achieving her potential, and wish she'd devote more energy to staying in lessons than finding excuses to escape them. Can Mr Burton's unique teaching style help his students make the grade?

Exams are approaching at Thornhill and it's not just the students that are feeling the pressure. From highly experienced deputy head Mr. Steer to newly qualified teachers, everyone is feeling the demands of the school's ever increasing targets. Mr. Steer is in charge of the school's attainment and, as a rapidly improving academy, must ensure that results are the very best they can be. He is also a star maths teacher and this year has a particularly tough challenge as he takes on a group of girls more interested in hair, make-up and parties than algebra and trigonometry. Despite their current U grades, he's determined to get them that crucial C in maths that will ensure them places in college. Meanwhile, new teacher Miss Stephens is tasked with getting Sheridan through her geography GCSE, but engaging Sheridan in an academic debate around the European Union is not easy. As the clock ticks down to the all-important exams, Mr. Steer pushes himself to the limit...

This episode presents the unlikely friendship of Hadiqa and Safiyyah. As headteacher Mr Mitchell says, these are the last two children that you'd expect to be best mates. Irrepressibly chatty Safiyyah punctuates every sentence with 'innit'. She dreams of becoming an air hostess, while gifted student Hadiqa has her sights set on becoming prime minister. As pastoral year leader Mrs Crowther knows only too well, close friendships mean everything when you're a teenager. But as exams approach, a crisis in Hadiqa and Safiyyah's friendship threatens to derail the girls academically and cause major upset.

This programme follows the fallout from a chance clash between the queen bee of the 'cool group' and a member of the quieter crowd. In their quest to prepare every student for life beyond the school gates, Head Teacher Mr Mitchell and his team are left with difficult decisions about who needs to be dealt with and how. The students anxiously wait to learn their fates - for one, this means seeing if she will suffer the ultimate punishment of not being allowed to go to the end of school prom.

As leavers' day, exams and the all-important prom approach, the school tries to prepare two very different students for the future. Fifteen-year-old Ryan, a recent arrival at the school, has Asperger's. Unsure of what the future will hold, the teachers attempt to equip him for life beyond the security of the school gates. While Ryan wishes he could stay at school forever, troubled top-set student Vinni can't wait to leave. He voluntarily went into temporary care earlier in the term and now the staff work tirelessly to keep him on the straight and narrow. Will Vinni leave the care home to move back to his family, can the teachers help him to leave with the grades and opportunities his abilities deserve, and will his behaviour improve enough for him to attend the prom? Perhaps more nervous than them all, however, is headteacher Vic Goddard. He finds it hard to sleep in the run-up to results day as he waits to see whether the school will achieve its targets.

Carrie and Ashleigh are at the heart of the biggest and loudest clique in school: they love clothes, boys and parties. But teenage girls also love a drama and as the best friends fall out, the argument looks set to disrupt more than their friendship, with the effects spilling into the classroom. In a modern school, arguments are harder to contain as the issues spread from the classroom to Facebook and BlackBerry Messenger . The school grapevine is soon buzzing. Meanwhile, Ashleigh's ex-boyfriend Brad is prepared to fight for her love and the teachers discover how tough it can be to keep students focused on academic work and their futures when there are so many distractions.

Charming but cheeky Vinni was a model student when he started at the school. But since the break-up of Vinni's parents' marriage his behaviour has deteriorated. So much so that head teacher Mr Goddard worries whether Vinni will make it to the end of Year 11. And some staff question how far the school can go to keep him in school. When Vinni's home situation dramatically changes, it has a huge impact on his school life and leads Mr Goddard to one of the most heartbreaking moments in his career.

The first programme of the series joins Passmores School's deputy head Mr Drew on the front line of school discipline. Dealing with emotional teenagers, enforcing detentions and maintaining the school's high standards - as well as teaching history - is all in a day's work for Mr Drew. Some love him, others love to hate him. It's the last few days of term before Christmas and Mr Drew has more to contend with than a few snowballs in the playground. When a row over school uniform escalates, an accusation from a pupil threatens to derail his entire career.