This series, in three instalments, documents a year in the life of NQT Helen Fuller, an English teacher at the City Academy, Bristol.

A Year in the Life of an NQT 

An NQT copes with a busy day at the start of her induction year

Follow Helen Fuller, an NQT at the City Academy, Bristol, through her induction year, in the first programme of a year long study. A newly qualified English teacher, Helen goes through a busy day, beginning a new module on war and conflict with her top set, Year 9 class. The lesson proves to be challenging, and Helen uses a meeting with her mentor to get advice on how to deal with behaviour issues. Later on at home, Helen reflects on her day, juggling teaching with her personal life, and what the she wants from the future. The programme is the first instalment of a three part series documenting a year in the life of an NQT, which will be broadcast over the coming year.

Part 1 - Observation and Feedback

An NQT shares the challenges of her second term of teaching

As she continues through her NQT induction year, Helen Fuller, an English teacher at the City Academy, Bristol, talks about the progress she has made, and the difficulties in finding time for a personal life. The programme follows Helen through another day in the classroom, this time in her second term of teaching, and shows how she copes with a lesson observation and feedback session from her mentor. Later Helen discusses the progress she has made with her Year 9 English class as well as her continual struggle to juggle her professional and personal life. The programme is the second instalment of a three part series documenting a year in the life of an NQT, which will be broadcast over the coming year.

Part 2 - Classroom Management

The final instalment following Helen Fuller's NQT year

As she continues through her NQT induction year, Helen Fuller, an English teacher at the City Academy, Bristol, reflects on the highs and lows of her first year as a teacher. The programme follows Helen during her final observation with her Year 9 English class and as she discovers whether she has passed her NQT year. Later Helen and her musician husband Billy, celebrate in style with a bottle of champagne and some fish and chips. The programme is the final instalment of a three part series documenting a year in the life of an NQT.

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Part 1 - Observation and Feedback

Part 2 - Classroom Management

Part 3 - Judgement Day