TV cameras will be returning to Harrop Fold school in Manchester for a second - and third - series of Educating Greater Manchester.

It is the first time that the Bafta award-winning Educating... series has returned to a school. Previous series have been filmed in Essex, Yorkshire, London and Cardiff.

Drew Povey, head of Harrop Fold, announced that the 772-pupil Salford school will be back on our screens in a tweet that has already been liked at least 1,300 times.

And fans were delighted.

Viewers of last term’s series saw how the school’s staff and pupils dealt with the aftermath of the Manchester Arena attack, mobile phones in class and funding cuts.

Now Channel 4 has said it has commissioned 16 more one-hour episodes to be filmed across the school year.

Nick Mirksy, head of documentaries at Channel 4, said: “It’s fantastic to be returning to Harrop Fold. It is an extraordinary school full of characterful students and a very dedicated team of teachers and support staff. And we are confident that everyone there has a lot more to tell us about school life in Britain today.”

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