Viewers of Educating Yorkshire were left in tears during Sunday’s episode when a schoolgirl sobbed ‘everything is hard for me’ as she opened up about the loss of her sight.
Lottie, who was in year 7, explained that she can only see in one eye – a condition known as monocular vision.
She admitted: ‘The way I see things is blurry. And lights look like fireworks.
‘I’ve lost full sight in one eye and have partial sight in the other. It looks like everything is moving, so I get really scared to go into the lunch hall and busy corridors.’
But putting her day-to-day struggles to the side, the youngster said she was particularly worried about her condition impacting her upcoming exams.
Overwhelmed by anxiety, the youngster began to cry on the programme because of her impairment and refused to do an assessment.
Viewers of Educating Yorkshire were left in tears during Sunday’s episode when a schoolgirl sobbed ‘everything is hard for me’ as she opened up about the loss of her sight
Overwhelmed by anxiety, the youngster began to cry on the programme because of her impairment and refused to do an assessment
In a bid to encourage Lottie to take the test, she was comforted by Year 7 Student Manager Miss Nurse, who insisted that she had ‘nothing to be afraid of.’
Lottie cried: ‘But I do.’
‘It’s so hard. Everything’s hard for me,’ the schoolgirl said. ‘I just always feel like all the pressure is put on me, even though everyone else has to do it as well, and it’s not just me.’
Attempting to reassure the youngster, the teacher said: ‘It’s your time to shine.’
Thankfully, the staff member’s encouragement worked and Lottie bravely sat and passed the test without a hitch.
She was given additional support in the form of headphones, which read out the text for her, allowing her to focus on the questions without worrying about whether or not she could see them well enough.
Lottie said: ‘It was on computers, so when there’s big paragraphs, all the lines just blur together, and it’s really hard.
‘But [Miss Nurse] gave me these headphones, which read out the text for me, so that I didn’t have to worry about my eyes.’
In a bid to encourage Lottie to take the test, she was comforted by Year 7 Student Manager Miss Nurse, who insisted that she had ‘nothing to be afraid of’
She was given additional support in the form of headphones, which read out the text for her, allowing her to focus on the questions without worrying about her vision
Thankfully, the staff member’s encouragement and the headphones worked and Lottie bravely sat and passed the test without a hitch
Miss Nurse said: ‘Lottie scored above average in the reading assessment, which is just fantastic.
‘I’ve always known that she’s got it in her.’
Viewers of the show were quick to take to social media to sympathise with Lottie.
They wrote: ‘I couldn’t work in a school, I would be crying with Lottie. #educatingyorkshire.’;
‘Bless little Lottie x the smile on her face at the end x im not crying you are #educatingyorkshire [sic].’;
‘You just know Lottie is going to grow into a beautiful human being don’t you. #EducatingYorkshire.’
The incident comes after the school’s headteacher was seen breaking down in tears after a student threatened to ‘burn down his home’ in the latest episode of the Channel 4 series.
Viewers were left horrified when the teenage student began hitting out at Mr Burton, as cameras followed him storming off school grounds after an angry rant.
The popular show, which was first launched in 2013, was brought back by Channel 4 this year to follow the same school in Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
Educating Yorkshire’s headteacher was seen breaking down in tears after a student threatened to ‘burn down his home’ in the latest episode of the Channel 4 series
Viewers were left horrified when the teenage student began hitting out at Mr Burton, as cameras followed him storming off school grounds after an angry rant
It follows the ups and downs of school life, from the perspective of the school’s head, former English teacher Matthew, the Academy’s teachers and groups of its students.
This particular recent episode took a dive into the challenges that come with the teaching profession, including the difficult behaviour some staff have to face.
Cameras followed as one teacher took a student out of his class, and tried to talk him down after noticing he’d become ‘angry’ during the lesson.
He was escorted away from the classroom after Mr Burton was called in for back up, with fellow staff members telling the head teacher ‘had to come to his office’ to help deal with the worsening situation.
‘He’s making threats to you, threats to your house and threats to burn the school down,’ another member of staff told Mr Burton before the intervention.
‘He needs to leave site, I’ve spoken to his mum and mum has given him permission to leave, so we just need to escort him offsite,’ another added.
A third explained: ‘He’s not in a state of mind to even have a conversation.’
Mr Burton became emotional as he explained that he was struggling to come to terms with the student’s threats
The student was seen punching at school property as he was escorted away by four members of staff, as Mr Burton returned to the office and put his head in his hands.
Speaking to assistant headteacher Mrs Delaney-Hudson, he became emotional as he explained that he was struggling to come to terms with the student’s threats.
Mr Burton said: ‘I know he’s going through a lot… But I’ve got three little ones at home. You deal with it, don’t you, but to threaten to burn my house down and do all that stuff, that’s not right.’
He added to the cameras: ‘The minute that you think the job is easy, or you’ve got a really easy day in front of you, something will happen to change that.’
Viewers took to X to react to the scenes, hitting out that Mr Burton should have ‘called the police’ as they were left distressed seeing him reduced to tears.
One wrote: ‘I’d have called the police if someone had threatened to burn my house/ the school down,’ as a second added: ‘Nobody should be reduced to tears at work.’
Educating Yorkshire continues Sunday on Channel 4 at 8pm.
