Bad Education

It is Parents' Evening at Abbey Grove School and Alfie (Jack Whitehall) is under pressure from the Deputy Headmistress, Miss Pickwell (Michelle Gomez), to mark his mock exam papers otherwise she will fail his whole class but is totally distracted by the news that Biology teacher, Miss Gulliver (Sarah Solemani) is now single.

A new computer game craze hits Abbey Grove School that has got the children imitating a dangerous move called the ‘blitz kick’. Fraser decides to buy a copy of the game to see what all the fuss is about but inadvertently turns his staff in to addicts as well. Alfie decides to support his beloved Miss Gulliver in taking a stand against all this violence by organising a weapons amnesty. While Fraser hires a very inappropriate self-defence tutor Preet to help demonstrate the dangers of violence.

It is the day of the Abbey Grove school field trips. Alfie and Gulliver are escorting their pupils to a petting zoo and ink museum. Fraser takes his group of pupils to a poetry recital which turns out to be a rap battle, and Pickwell decides to take her class to an abattoir. Things go from bad to worse, when Alfie takes an opportunity to hijack his field trip and turn it into a Bear Grylls-esque survival course. With special guests David Bradley, Ted Robbins and Lethal Bizzle.

It is the biggest football match of the Abbey Grove school year: Abbey Grove versus the local public school Middleton House. After the P.E. teacher goes missing, Fraser decides Alfie is the ideal candidate to coach their team. There are a couple of problems with this decision: firstly Alfie knows nothing about football and secondly Middleton House happens to be his childhood school which means being reacquainted with his old games teacher and nemesis Mr Humpage.

The Abbey Grove School election is underway. Each class must put forward a candidate. Gulliver’s candidate is school brainbox David Millbank. When Gulliver implies Alfie’s class are all “unelectable” he decides to make it his mission to prove her wrong. Meanwhile Fraser is suspended due to an unfortunate incident involving a very provocative internet viral, which means Pickwell has firmly got her sights on trying to get the top job for herself. With special guest Ami Metcalf.