Faced with the problem of what to do about schools, Annabel Goodman, a barrister and single mother of two boys, decided that she was the only person up to the challenge of managing her son’s education. Annabel didn’t just find a school for her older (and historically disruptive) teenage son, Jacob, she bought one for him.
The film follows Annabel and her sons through her first two terms trying to run a small private school. “It is a bit odd,” muses Reuben, her younger son, “because she has never bought a school before.” As the school year progresses, Annabel becomes more and more preoccupied dealing with the school’s financial problems, worryingly low school roll and increasingly disaffected teachers. Reuben also reveals that what he really wants is not his own school, but some time with his mother.
Wednesday 5 March
9.50-10.30pm BBC TWO
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