Lockdown learners

A new series follows GCSE students sitting exams during the pandemic

- JUDY EWENS, IAN MACEWAN, TESS LAMACRAFT.

NEW FACTUAL

Sixteen: Class of 2021 Thursday, C4 HD, 9pm

What is it like to be a secondary school pupil studying for important exams during a global pandemic?

That is the question posed in C4’s Sixteen: Class of 2021, a new series following a group of Year 11 students as they prepare to sit their GCSE exams at The Link Academy in Dudley, while coping with the disruption to their lives and education caused by COVID.