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Educating Yorkshire 2

Educating Yorkshire 2 is the seventh series of the British documentary television programme Educating broadcast on Channel 4. The documentary follows previous installments in the Educating... series including the BAFTA Award-winning Educating Essex (2011), Educating Yorkshire (2013), Educating the East End (2014), Educating Cardiff (2015), Educating Greater Manchester (2017) and Educating Greater Manchester 2 (2020).

Last revised
Jun 28, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
273 w
Citations
5
Source
Educating Yorkshire 2
Season 7
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkChannel 4
Original release31 August 2025 (2025-08-31)
Season chronology

Educating Yorkshire 2 is the seventh series of the British documentary television programme Educating broadcast on Channel 4. The documentary follows previous installments in the Educating... series including the BAFTA Award-winning Educating Essex (2011), Educating Yorkshire (2013), Educating the East End (2014), Educating Cardiff (2015), Educating Greater Manchester (2017) and Educating Greater Manchester 2 (2020).1

The series returned to Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire for the 2024-25 academic year, ten years after the first series, and follows headteacher Mr Burton and his team of staff as they tackle the challenges faced in British secondary schools.2

Episodes

No.
overall
EpisodeOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions)
48Episode 131 August 2025 (2025-08-31)TBD
49Episode 27 September 2025 (2025-09-07)TBD
50Episode 314 September 2025 (2025-09-14)TBD
51Episode 421 September 2025 (2025-09-21)TBD
52Episode 528 September 2025 (2025-09-28)TBD
53Episode 65 October 2025 (2025-10-05)TBD
54Episode 712 October 2025 (2025-10-12)TBD
55Episode 819 October 2025 (2025-10-19)TBD

Production

The follow-up to Educating Yorkshire was announced by Channel 4 on 19 July 2024 with the working title 'Educating Yorkshire 2025' with filming taking place in the 2024-25 academic year.2 Filming utilised a similar fixed rig set up of 65 cameras to the previous series to be as unobtrusive as possible.34

References

References

  1. "Channel 4's Educating Yorkshire to return with new 'reimagination'". Radio Times. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  2. "Channel 4 Commissions Educating Yorkshire 2025 from TwoFour". channel4.com. Channel 4. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. "Channel 4 to go back to school with Educating Yorkshire". broadcastnow.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  4. "Educating Yorkshire star reveals stern warning to Channel 4 over 'petrifying' concern". The Mirror. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.