The Unteachables

Revolutionary English teacher, Phil Beadle has just one weekend to try and get all 16 children to buy into the plan. He will assess their learning potential and try to get them on board with activities such as the 'dickhead game' and Kung Fu punctuation. Will he manage to win them over before chaos engulfs the project?

It's the first week of the intensive residential 'study camp' run by formidable Headmaster Mr William Atkinson. As the kids are asked to step up the work by award-winning and controversial English teacher Phil Beadle, chaos ensues and there are major discipline problems for Mr Atkinson to contend with. As three of the students are sent home for bad behaviour there are serious concerns from the experts about whether or not the project should continue.

It is the second week of the intensive residential 'study camp' run by formidable Head teacher Mr William Atkinson and it is still touch and go whether these rowdy kids will ever knuckle down to some work. But after some more major screaming fits and exclusions this week, it finally looks like this radical approach to teaching is working some magic. Reading Shakespeare to cows? Who said English has to be boring? But how many will make it to graduation?

It's now four and a half months into the project and the kids are back at school. While there is a noticeable improvement in some cases, for others it's back to square one. But the experts are not giving up yet. Each child must now face a classroom full of primary school children on their own. The aim is to develop empathy for their teachers and give these challenging pupils some tough responsibility. It's a high risk endeavour.