‘So aware of their emotions’: Pupils are standout stars in new series about Yorkshire academy

Educating Yorkshire Part 2 shows inspirational teachers negotiating challenges in young people’s lives

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asically, there’s summat wrong with me. I’m like … a psychopath. Genuinely!” A teenage girl with the face of an angel is confiding in Mr Wilson, one of the student managers. He listens solemnly, but his mouth twitches with the beginnings of a smile.

“I’m going to start by disagreeing with you,” he says with all the seriousness he can muster. “You’re not a psychopath.” The girl in the sky-blue hoodie relaxes and rewards him with a broad smile.

Welcome back to Thornhill Community academy on the outskirts of Dewsbury for Educating Yorkshire Part 2, where once again the 900 pupils – witty, sensitive, smart, vulnerable and endlessly engaging – are the standout stars of the series.