{"id":532987,"date":"2025-10-28T09:35:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T09:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/532987\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T09:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T09:35:21","slug":"educating-yorkshire-star-supported-by-fans-after-upsetting-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/532987\/","title":{"rendered":"Educating Yorkshire star supported by fans after \u2018upsetting\u2019 update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The beloved Channel 4 reality series returned to screens for a new season over ten years after the original.<\/p>\n

07:57, 28 Oct 2025Updated 08:18, 28 Oct 2025<\/p>\n

Educating Yorkshire<\/a> fans have been left disappointed by an update from headteacher Mr Burton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Channel 4<\/a> star first rose to fame when the series launched in 2013, based on the Bafta award-winning 2011 show Educating <\/a>Essex.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s now a motivational speaker who returned to the revived programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>, from anxiety, ADHD, friendship struggles and the impact of the pandemic on attendance.<\/p>\n

\"EducatingEducating Yorkshire returned more than ten years later (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

However, fans have been disappointed as the series came to an end, with Mr Burton clarifying on X: \u201cThere\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

One fan hoped: \u201cDo you know if there will be another series? I\u2019m hoping so. Wonderful programme.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AMr Burton is now a headteacher (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n

A second echoed: \u201cHopefully you\u2019ll be back for a new series. It\u2019s great to see the dedication of you and your staff and the characters that are the students.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely brilliant , please say there will be another series,\u201d someone else pleaded.<\/p>\n

Another commented: \u201cJust 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"aThe original 2013 series saw emotional moments like Musharaf overcoming his stammer (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n

Someone else said: \u201cAbsolutely 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\u2019ve all come. Great stuff!\u201d<\/p>\n

Another wrote: \u201cIt was a great series. Very moving. Thanks to everyone concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n

One fan added: \u201cWe really enjoyed it. My son was upset that last week was the last episode.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"EducatingA new generation of students at Thornhill Community Academy hit our screens (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n

This comes after it was revealed that it took several years for Mr Burton to agree to the production team returning to film.<\/p>\n

David Clews, the creative director of Two Four, the company that make the show, previously shared: \u201cIt’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?”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

\"AThe new series has had its share of tearful moments (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“The world<\/a> 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.”<\/p>\n

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