8.5/10238 votesLoading...#1 - The Finale
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/2014
Alfie realises he can't go on teaching without his beloved class and quits Abbey Grove.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10170 votesLoading...#2 - The Exam
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/2014
Alfie never passed his biology GCSE, so he must resit the exam with his own class.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10217 votesLoading...#3 - Swimming Gala
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2013
It's the Abbey Grove swimming gala and Alfie's class compete in the synchronised diving.
Director: Elliot Hegarty
Writer: Jack Whitehall, Freddy Syborn
7.8/10189 votesLoading...#4 - Drugs
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/1/2013
Mr Fraser organises a guest speaker for Drugs Awareness Day, to Miss Gulliver's annoyance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10175 votesLoading...#5 - Sports Day
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/2014
It's sports day and Fraser has hired the most inappropriate new teacher to oversee events.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10172 votesLoading...#6 - Fundraiser
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/2013
When Abbey Grove is plunged into financial ruin can Alfie come up with a plan to save it?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10245 votesLoading...#7 - Sex Education
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/21/2012
Parents are worried about the impending arrival of the French exchange students.
Director: Ben Gosling Fuller
Writer: N/A
7.5/10198 votesLoading...#8 - The American
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/2013
Alfie is shocked when a charming new American teacher takes over his class.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10187 votesLoading...#9 - Funeral
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/2013
Abbey Grove is rocked by the news that deputy headmistress Miss Pickwell is dead.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10182 votesLoading...#10 - Valentine's Day
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/2013
For Valentine's Day, Mr Fraser plans a special Take Me Out to help shy kids find love.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10194 votesLoading...#11 - Politics
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/18/2012
Pickwell has designs on getting Fraser's job, and it is election time at Abbey Grove.
Director: Ben Gosling Fuller
Writer: Jack Whitehall, Freddy Syborn
7.4/10158 votesLoading...#12 - Fundraising
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/2014
After running him over, Alfie and his class raise funds for the caretaker's surgery.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10201 votesLoading...#13 - Football Match
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/11/2012
Alfie steps in as coach when Abbey Grove takes on the local public school at football.
Director: Ben Gosling Fuller
Writer: Dan Swimer, Shaun Pye
7.3/10161 votesLoading...#14 - After School Clubs
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/2014
Alfie tries to attend a book group, a LARPing club and a leaving party at the same time.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10278 votesLoading...#15 - Parents' Evening
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/14/2012
It's parents' evening and Alfie is under pressure to mark his mock exam papers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10207 votesLoading...#16 - School Trip
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/4/2012
On a school trip, Alfie and Gulliver take their pupils to a petting zoo and ink museum.
Director: Ben Gosling Fuller
Writer: Jack Whitehall, Freddy Syborn
7.2/10169 votesLoading...#17 - Strike
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/2014
With the threat of a staff redundancy the teachers of Abbey Grove go on strike.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10223 votesLoading...#18 - Self Defence
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/28/2012
A new computer game craze hits Abbey Grove School, affecting both pupils and staff.
Director: Ben Gosling Fuller
Writer: Jack Whitehall, Freddy Syborn
5.1/1064 votesLoading...#19 - Whodunnit
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2023
Stephen is determined to find out who snitched on him about Class K’s trip to a drag brunch. Meanwhile, Fraser mistakes an Ofsted inspector for a Task Rabbit.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.1/1056 votesLoading...#20 - Prison
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/2023
Hoburn tries a prison experience programme at the school to teach the kids discipline. Class K end up incarcerated with Stephen, who’s prepping an audition as a hardened criminal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.1/1057 votesLoading...#21 - School Play
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/19/2023
Stephen wants to turn the school play into a showcase for his talents to impress an agent, but Hoburn has more sinister plans to use it as a way of closing the school down.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
4.9/1020 votesLoading...#22 - Face-Off
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2024
When Mitchell gets a bit part in a gangster film, it goes to his head. Swayed by the hype, Hoburn instructs him and Stephen to swap jobs - but with the school drama competition looming, Class K aren't keen on the changes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
4.8/1053 votesLoading...#23 - Glow Up
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/12/2023
Stephen is desperate to get rid of Mitchell who has moved in after his girlfriend threw him out. So Class K and Stephen give Mitchell a glow up in the hope she’ll take him back.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
4.7/1026 votesLoading...#24 - Boxing
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/14/2024
After spending their life savings on a wedding venue mix-up, Mitchell risks losing Kayleigh. Class K come to the rescue, promoting a boxing match at Abbey Grove with dramatic consequences for Warren.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
4.6/1016 votesLoading...#25 - Fitness
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2024
Hoburn enlists fitness guru Mo Dix to get the school back in shape. While Class K protest under Mo's regime, Stephen falls for him, going to great lengths to get rid of Mitchell so Mo can replace him as the new PE teacher.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Young teacher Alfie Wickers is "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at Abbey Grove School, in Watford, Hertfordshire.
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC Three
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"The Finale" is the best rated episode of "Bad Education". It scored 8.5/10 based on 238 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/21/2014. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Exam".