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In this episode, teenage boys all over the UK talk to Catherine Carr about their school lives. She hears their take on their behaviour at school, the importance of the memories they are making with friends and, critically, the importance of trusted relationships with adults while in education. Teachers also share the results of work done to close the attainment gap between boys and girls, and Catherine visits a pioneering project which is designed to intervene early in boys’ lives, to help them achieve academically.

Thanks to

Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic School, Rochdale
Taking Boys seriously, Ulster University
Dance United Yorkshire
DRMZ Carmarthen Youth Project
Oasis Multi Academy Trust
Johanna Primary school, Waterloo
Mark Brooks OBE
Steve Chalke MBE

Producer: Catherine Carr
Researcher: Jill Achineku
Executive Producer: Marie Helly

A Whistledown production for ±«Óãtv Radio 4