Top schools on TV

Denise Welch as Steph with Chelsee Healey and Ellie Paskell in Waterloo Road Photograph: BBC/Shed Productions/PR

Cast members from Fame, the 1980s series set in New York's School of Performing Arts, starring Debbie Allen (in leg warmers) Photograph: NBCUPHOTOBANK/Rex Features

Grange Hill's cast featured Todd Carty (l) as Tucker. The show began in 1978 and ran until last year Photograph: BBC/PR

The Demon Headmaster starred Terrence Hardiman in the title role Photograph: BBC/PR

John Alderton as a teacher at Fenn Street school in the LWT series Please Sir! Photograph: LWT/Rex Features

Jimmy Edwards thrashes his pupils in the BBC TV series Whacko! Photograph: Kobal

The cast of Teachers (l-r): Adrian Bower as Brian, Raquel Cassidy as Susan, Andrew Lincoln as Simon, Navin Chowdhry as Kurt and Nina Sosanya as Jenny, from 2001 Photograph: Channel 4/PR

Charlie Brown listens to his teacher in A Boy Named Charlie Brown Photograph: Kobal

Miss Hardbroom dispenses discipline in The Worst Witch Photograph: HTV/PR

Pupils at Bayside high school in Saved By The Bell, including Dustin Diamond as Screech (centre, front) Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Lenny Henry as the headteacher of a failing comprehensive school in Hope and Glory Photograph: BBC/PR

Cast members from High School Musical 2 during a production number in front of the fictional East high school Photograph: Fred Hayes/The Disney Channel/AP

Britannia High is described as a cross between Fame and Disney's High School Musical Photograph: ITV/PR