The beloved Channel 4 reality series returned to screens for a new season over ten years after the original.
07:57, 28 Oct 2025Updated 08:18, 28 Oct 2025
Educating Yorkshire fans have been left disappointed by an update from headteacher Mr Burton.
The Channel 4 star first rose to fame when the series launched in 2013, based on the Bafta award-winning 2011 show Educating Essex.
With comedic and tearful moments alike, clips from the first instalment of Educating Yorkshire went down in history, such as then-English teacher Mr Burton helping student Musharaf overcome his stammer, and he’s now a motivational speaker who returned to the revived programme.
The beloved reality series has aired a second season more than ten years later showcasing a new batch of pupils overcoming a range of challenges, from anxiety, ADHD, friendship struggles and the impact of the pandemic on attendance.
Educating Yorkshire returned more than ten years later (Image: Channel 4)
Now, Mr Burton is the headteacher of Thornhill Community Academy, and gave cameras a look into his school over a year, with the most recent episode following them up until Year 11 mock exams in January.
However, fans have been disappointed as the series came to an end, with Mr Burton clarifying on X: “There’s no #EducatingYorkshire tonight after the final episode was on last week. Thank you for your kindness, love and support for our brilliant staff and students over the last eight weeks. I could not be more proud. Be nice. Work hard.”
One fan hoped: “Do you know if there will be another series? I’m hoping so. Wonderful programme.”
Mr Burton is now a headteacher (Image: Channel 4)
A second echoed: “Hopefully you’ll be back for a new series. It’s great to see the dedication of you and your staff and the characters that are the students.”
“Absolutely brilliant , please say there will be another series,” someone else pleaded.
Another commented: “Just my favourite show ever. So inspiring and motivating. You & your staff are just fabulous. I hope my children get to encounter teaching staff who care as much as you guys do. Be nice, work hard is what I say every day now. You’re a legend! Well done all of you.”
The original 2013 series saw emotional moments like Musharaf overcoming his stammer (Image: Channel 4)
Someone else said: “Absolutely loved your series. Educating Essex got me in to teacher training at the grand old age of 47. Educating Yorkshire 1 helped me through it. EY2 demonstrated how far we’ve all come. Great stuff!”
Another wrote: “It was a great series. Very moving. Thanks to everyone concerned.”
One fan added: “We really enjoyed it. My son was upset that last week was the last episode.”
A new generation of students at Thornhill Community Academy hit our screens (Image: Channel 4)
This comes after it was revealed that it took several years for Mr Burton to agree to the production team returning to film.
David Clews, the creative director of Two Four, the company that make the show, previously shared: “It’s very difficult, but the first question is why do we go back? And the TV producer in me, the moment that Matt became head teacher, I was like, can we come back?”
Mr Burton responded: “Obviously the answer was no for a very, very long time.” David continued: “A very long time. We kept, you know, in contact after the first series. And it was a perfect story.
“Mr Burton, who was the English teacher with Musharraf, the big famous episode in the first series, was now head teacher. So it is the sort of perfect story.”
The new series has had its share of tearful moments (Image: Channel 4)
Speaking before the new series aired, he added: “But Matt obviously was like, ‘No – I’m starting out as a head teacher, the school’s got to come first,’ and that was always the most important thing.
“It took a number of years. We were talking before Covid, and then obviously Covid hit, and then after that, He had then been a head teacher for five or six years by then.
“The world had changed so much in terms of young people and all the issues with the teachers. So the timing felt like the right time to do it.”
Educating Yorkshire is available to watch on Channel 4.