It uses a fly-on-the-wall format to show the everyday lives of the staff and pupils of secondary schools all over the UK.
David Brindley, producer and director of the series, said "it was undoubtedly easier to find a school this time around".
In January 2012, Jonny Mitchell, the headmaster of Thornhill Community Academy in Dewsbury accepted an offer to be a part of a new series based in his school.
This improvement was one of the reasons it was chosen for the series with Mitchell saying "I was proud of what we'd achieved and felt we had a story to tell".
[5] Mitchell also said "Dewsbury has suffered quite a lot in the last ten or 15 years with some adverse press.
Executive producer David Clews revealed "you can really feel the charm and character of the place as soon as you walk through the gates and start talking to the students".
Joy Ballard initially declined TwoFour's invitation before changing her mind a month later.
In preparation for the programme she took advice from Johnny Mitchell, head of Thornhill Community Academy in Educating Yorkshire.
[14] However, after the school was placed into special measures by Ofsted in 2018 following reports of headmaster Drew Povey off-rolling students, Channel 4 later confirmed that the episodes would not be aired in light of the findings.