Secret Teacher: Dispatches from the Classroom

The Secret Teacher's first day at an inner-city state school doesn't go as planned, but he must enthuse them with a love of books and deal with marking, OFSTED, educational consultants, spreadsheets, personal statements, school trips, strikes, class, race, love, death, birth, manhood, dry cleaning, and the end of literary culture. He celebrates the extraordinary teachers he has worked with and the kids.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 02 August 2018
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing

The Secret Teacher is determined to be the best teacher who has ever lived, and he sets out to achieve this goal on his first day at an inner-city state school. However, things don't quite go as planned. His students are an unruly mob, stuffed with behavioral issues, and it seems like there is no way to enthuse them with a love of books. Nevertheless, the Secret Teacher is determined to keep them sitting at their desks until the end of the lesson, and then he must deal with marking, OFSTED, educational consultants, spreadsheets, personal statements, school trips, strikes, class, race, love, death, birth, manhood, dry cleaning, and the end of literary culture.

Despite the challenges he faces, the Secret Teacher celebrates the extraordinary teachers he has worked with, as well as the kids themselves. He describes them as bolshie, bright, funny, and absolutely electric. Through his experiences in the classroom, the Secret Teacher learns valuable lessons about teaching, and about the importance of connecting with his students on a personal level.

This is a vivid account of the Secret Teacher's first few years in the classroom, and it provides a glimpse into the lives of the students and the teachers who work with them. It is a testament to the power of education to change lives and to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

Weight: 268g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781783351275
Edition number: Main