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The Secret History of a SchoolSeries 1Episodes

Back up to: The Secret History of a School

  1. 10. A School of the Future

    10/10Alan Johnson visits a brand new academy on the site, Ark All Saints.

  2. 9. Punishment

    9/10Alan Johnson examines school punishments from Victorian times to the present day.

  3. 8. A Changing Neighbourhood

    8/10Alan Johnson considers the impact of violence and gangs in the school's neighbourhood.

  4. 7. Golden Years

    7/10Alan Johnson uncovers the school's success stories in academic and sporting fields.

  5. 6. The Comprehensive System

    6/10Alan Johnson considers the pros and cons of the more liberal comprehensive system.

  6. 5. The Rise of the Secondary Modern

    5/10Alan Johnson documents the school's reconstruction after the war.

  7. 4. Second World War

    4/10Alan Johnson, the former Education Secretary, discovers the impact of the Second World War

  8. 3. Wartime & Depression

    3/10Alan Johnson history of school education during the First World War and 1930s depression.

  9. 2. Hop-picking

    2/10Alan Johnson's history of school education takes him to a hop garden in Kent.

  10. 1. Beginnings

    1/10Alan Johnson on 140 years of education through the prism of one school in London.