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Series 1: Episode 2

Each year tens of thousands of children across England take the 11-plus selection test and for the first time in decades there are plans to expand selective education. Filmed over one term with access to three schools in Bexley, which has a fully selective grammar school system, this series follows children and teachers to see how selection impacts on education.\n\nThe second part of this three-part series follows daily life at the two secondary schools. Townley Grammar is judged to be one of the best schools in the country and two miles down the road, Erith School, a secondary modern, is striving to pick itself up after an Ofsted report which judged the school to require improvement. At Erith, we meet Bradley, a Year 7 student who finds it hard to focus in class and requires regular one-to-one attention to keep him in school, and Chichi, an extremely bright student who wants to go to medical school, but comes into conflict with the school authorities.\n\nAt Townley Grammar, there are far fewer problems with behaviour and even the smallest infringements are picked up on. Moesha is one of the few who rebel against the rule. While the teachers at Townley don't have many discipline problems, the school employs three full-time staff to help students cope with the pressure they put themselves under to keep up with their high-achieving peers.

Source: BBC 2