Behind The Scenes…
As with every reality television series, a lot of preparation went on behind the scenes…
40. Battling It Out
After the immense success that came with Educating Essex, plenty of schools were interested in appearing on the following season.
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Around 100 schools applied to be featured on the show, but none compared to Thornhill Community Academy!
41. A Huge Turnaround
In 2007, Thornhill Community Academy had been branded by Ofsted as being among the 6% of the worst performing schools in England – definitely not something to be proud of…
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However that all changed when Mr Mitchell took over the academy became the most improved school in the Yorkshire area!
42. GCSE Results
In 2012, 63% of pupils achieved five GCSEs between grades A* to C. The year before this number was down by 7%.
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