Educating Drew: The real story of Harrop Fold School

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The school's new leadership is making great improvements and progress as the latest Ofsted report shows," Salford's deputy city mayor, Councillor John Merry, told TES, adding that the investigation had reached a conclusion, but declined to reveal it.

Seeing how Drew and his team worked with each other with the challenges they face whilst keeping the kids at the forefront of everything kept me watching. An account of how it is possible to transform schools and communities through strength of will, humanity and absolute perseverance. Now there is enough clarity for us to be able to broadcast the series," a Channel 4 spokesperson told TES. Instead, it is a disarmingly honest and charming account of the joys and challenges of working in a difficult but intensely rewarding school community.

In his speaking sessions, he articulately speaks on mindset, mental resilience and courage, drawing on his experience working with elite athletes to provide cutting-edge tips and techniques for achieving peak performance. But production on the series wasn't as straightforward as before due to a story that broke after filming finished in July 2018, which left Channel 4 unsure whether the series would actually air. I am not a teacher nor do I have kids myself but this book is an eye opener and it’s had a massive impact on me. It did teach me a few new things about leadership and reinforced what I already knew about behaviour of kids and adults and how important listening is. I would have liked more detail about interventions and processes implemented but this book is informative.

We use technology such as cookies on our site to personalise content, provide social media features and analyse our traffic. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.Also, it's obvious that Povey feels really strongly about the injustice in funding and the ways decisions are made about our schools with Government decision makers never thinking beyond the next couple of years. I didn't warm to Drew when I started watching the Educating series, in fact of all the series he was my least favourite Head. Drew is phenomenal at listening and gives fantastic tips and ideas on how to improve both work and life performance. Drew Povey is a prominent leadership coach famed for working with elite athletes in football and rugby, including Warren Gatland, Stuart Pearce, and Stuart Lancaster.