Pride and Privilege: A Year in the Life of Glenalmond College (3 Parts)

Synopsis

Glenalmond College is one of Scotland’s oldest and most prestigious public schools. Nestled in the middle of the rolling hills in Perthshire, it costs nearly £24,000 a year to send a child there. It’s a world where ancient Greek and lacrosse go hand in hand; where Chapel is mandatory six days a week, and where class sizes range from 2 to 20 pupils. Now, for the first time in over 160 years, it has granted one state-educated child a full 100% scholarship. How will Tom fare? Will the Public School bubble embrace him or spit him out...? Filmed over a 12 month period. 3 60-minute programmes

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2010

Year of production

2008

Notes

Broadcast on BBC2 Scotland beginning 18/11/2008

Subjects

Social Studies; Education

Keywords

public schools; social class

Online availability

URI

http://www.teachers.tv/series/pride-and-privilege

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed/Download

Credits

Director

Stephen Bennett

Production Company

Name

Saltire Film & TV Productions

Distributor

Name

Teachers’ TV

Email

info@teachers.tv

Web

http://www.teachers.tv/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7182 7430

Address

6-18 Berners Street
London
W1T 3LN

Notes

Funded by the Department for Education, Teachers’ TV was a producer and supplier of over 3,600 free videos and lesson resources to support the professional development of anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop their practice, and connect with others in the field. Previously broadcast on digital television, the service became exclusively online from 31 August 2010, with programmes being available for free online viewing or download. Thge DfE terminated the contract with Teachers TV and delivery via the website ceased on 29 April 2011, with the programmes being offered to educational distributors free online delivery. Further details from the DfE website Until 29 April 2011 programmes from Teachers Television were streamed on the website and available for download to registered users (free registration). Programmes are aimed at primary and secondary school teachers in all subject areas, as well as headteachers and governors, and include observation of teaching sessions, materials for use in the classroom and discussion of issues relevant to education. Teachers TV was funded by the Department for Education but the contract ended in April 2011 and the programmes are being offered to educational distributors to deliver free at the point of use from their websites. Details of which titles are available in this way are on the DfE website http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/toolsandinitiatives/teacherstv