"The trailer for the new series of Educating Yorkshire is a work of art. Shot in one take and clocking in at more than three minutes, it was written and performed by the children of Thornhill community academy in Dewsbury in collaboration with Dougal Wilson, the director of Paddington in Peru and takes in a school band, percussionist dinner ladies and a child seemingly being fired out of a cannon from the roof."
"It's sweet and funny, but it's pointed, too, in style and content. This hasn't been a great year for the public profile of British secondary schools. The national orgy of hand-wringing prompted by Netflix's superb Adolescence has led to something approaching despair at the state of education, entrenching the perception that overstretched and under-resourced teachers act as little more than crowd control, leaving children neurotic and dysfunctional, making them sitting ducks for malignant influencers such as Andrew Tate."
A one-take trailer for Educating Yorkshire was written and performed by Thornhill Community Academy pupils with director Dougal Wilson. It features a school band, percussionist dinner ladies and a child fired from a rooftop cannon, blending sweetness, humour and pointed style. British secondary schools suffered a poor public profile after Netflix's Adolescence prompted widespread hand-wringing and despair, creating perceptions of overstretched teachers and vulnerable pupils. The revival is timely: the trailer showcases invention while the series shows some continuity since 2014; a disruptive pupil, Riley, faces possible ADHD or dyslexia diagnoses or is treated as making a behaviour choice.
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