Educating Greater Manchester - Series 1 Episode 1 (Documentary) | Our Stories

Educating Greater Manchester is a warm and honest exploration of what life's like for students and their teachers at Harrop Fold, a secondary school at the heart of a changing community in Salford.

This film was first broadcast: 31 Aug 2017

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[Scarldoc]

I'll always hate the woman for asking that poor lad "do you think he's alive". The torment he must go through thinking that to himself each day

[Lzzle]

Jack is such a lovely little lad, his parents should be proud!!

[calvinmichaels]

Jack restored my faith in humanity he made my eyes water quite a few times
He's amazing

[Mktv]

Murad is one of those good guys that just melts your heart.

[nicolewooldridge]

Jack is so rational, kind. A beautiful child.

[JustMe-rnxm]

The amount of trauma these kids must have from escaping from Syria on a boat I can’t imagine… I hope they get all the support they need and have wonderful lives ahead of them

[michelebrown]

Murad, Jack & Rani are exceptional young people, obviously raised by equally exceptional parents, I truly believe that Jack and Rani’s friendship will last their lifetimes, I also predict that Murad will take advantage of every opportunity offered and become something special, these three young men are true examples!

[oliviad]

murad and rani seem like the nicest young men, they’re so strong after what they went through <3

[GodKoalaa]

The boys keeping Rani from giving himself up to trouble is true friendship

[evie]

When Rani found out he was graduating to join his peers and started crying made me cry. He was so happy to be joining them and his best friend Jack

[lia]

Rannie and Jack being friends makes me cry

[christinawalsh]

Stephanie is raising a great boy in Jack and her kindness and the best of her has directly impacted so many others!

[jynx]

Jack and his mum 😍😍😍
So many people judged Muslims after that attack and to see that lady be so kind and open her home to him melts my heart!

[kaylalloyd]

Maurd is such a lovely lad, saying he'll always be there for rani and to come to him to talk if anyone is being horrible or hes having a bad time, melted my heart bless him

[DanielLeybag]

Rani and Jack are wonderful..i love seeing them together. Murad deserved a refugee status, that was a fantastic gift for them. Wishing them a Happy and Fruitful life. More videos on this specially for new students who are having a struggles with their english..and students having a hard time coping up because they have family problems ♥️🙏🏻

[dominewimbury]

What a lad Jack is! Bless him. Well done to his parents

[raphaeltabien]

Jacks mom is so sweet, and so acccepting of the new friend her son made instead of being dismissive or distant, I’m sure they’ll always be and still are very close 😊😊😊

[Nyree-gb]

When that wee boy from Syria started crying on his COGS graduation it made me tear up 😢

[emisayers]

i nearly cried when jack became friends with rani, it was so sweet

[maichayaz]

When Murad says I don wanna ruin this for myself... 😭. Great kid wish him all the best