Overview
- Channel 4 has set the new series premiere for Sunday, August 31 at 8 p.m., marking the show’s first return in a decade.
- Filming returns to Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury to capture how the school and community have changed since the original run.
- Matthew Burton, a teacher featured in 2014, now leads the school as headteacher, succeeding Jonny Mitchell and working with a refreshed staff team.
- Storylines will address teenage anxiety, exam pressure, friendship challenges, and the influence of mobile phones and social media.
- Channel 4 commissioner Rita Daniels framed the revival as a way to tell the story of young people in 2025, continuing the Educating franchise that began with Educating Essex in 2011.