TV viewers are about to get a sneak peek into what it takes to succeed in a teaching job in London's schools.

A new programme on BBC3 documents the lives of new recruits into the teaching profession. Cameras followed a group of London trainee teachers from the Teach First scheme who, after just six weeks training, are sent into difficult schools to gain some first-hand experience. 

The documentary had access to classrooms in three comprehensives across the capital for a year-long period and it is thought to be the first time the life-changing journey of a new teacher has been filmed.

Almost 5,000 teachers trained via Teach First now have teaching jobs in more than 500 schools and a spokeswoman for the charity said: "We live in an educationally divided nation and need an urgent focus on children from low-income communities."

Oliver Beach, a 24-year-old graduate who took part in the show, said the work he faces is “never-ending” and admitted to not being aware how many hours he would need to put in.

Despite telling the London Evening Standard that he was "slightly anxious" about his TV appearance, he explained that after a certain amount of time, he "got to the point where I didn't really notice the camera because the focus is on the students".

Claudenia Williams is a science teacher who is working at the Crown Woods school. She initially wanted to be a lawyer, but said she thought teaching would be a more fulfilling vocation, while fellow recruit Chloe Shaw, a 23-year-old geography teacher at Archbishop Lanfranc, said the first year of teacher training is "all about surviving."

Tough Young Teachers starts tomorrow.

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