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Year Seven student Lewis caused chaos during one episode of Educating Manchester after a member of the public informed the school that they’d seen one of the students in possession of a blade.<\/p>\n
After the students bags were investigated, Lewis admitted that he had brought an item that might “not be allowed.”<\/p>\n
His dad was later brought in to discuss the incident, with Lewis agreeing to make an anti-knife crime video on his YouTube channel.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Mr Povey from\u00a0Educating Manchester<\/a>\u00a0was suddenly banned from the\u00a0Channel 4<\/a> show, but what exactly happened?<\/p>\n He was the former headteacher at Harrop Fold School, but a Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) probe found he had been off-rolling pupils.<\/p>\n Mr Povey denied the allegations, but the TRA said his conduct had \u201cfallen significantly short\u201d of standards.<\/p>\n It was also told there had been occasions when pupils were recorded as being at school when they were not, which could have put them at risk of harm.<\/p>\n The board\u2019s panel recommended Mr Povey was banned from teaching for two years, which is when Salford Council placed the school in special measures in 2018.<\/p>\n Mr Povey resigned in September that year, shortly after being suspended over the allegations relating to attendance and exclusions.<\/p>\n He was suspended with three other members of staff, and following\u00a0a TRA investigation, Mr Povey was banned from teaching indefinitely in November 2024 for conduct that brought the profession into disrepute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Mia and Tom both appeared on Educating Manchester, alongside Lewis, however the pair were\u00a0both arrested for separate incidents in the following years after the show ended.<\/p>\n Mia Peers, who has become a mum since appearing on Educating Manchester, was arrested in 2021 for hiding a gun and ammunition.<\/p>\n She was pregnant while filming the show, and was due to give birth to her second child while serving a five-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n The former TV star was jailed for hiding a gun for her boyfriend and has since had her sentence reduced to three years and nine months, following a Court of Appeal hearing. At the age of 20, she confessed to her mum that she had been given the self-loading pistol.<\/p>\n Thomas Eastwood, was jailed in 2020 for possessing a large blade.\u00a0\u00a0Police saw the victim crying on the road after Thomas, who was 19, followed his ex-girlfriend down the road weeks after they broke up.<\/p>\n He was convinced she\u2019d been texting other guys and took her phone from her hands, hitting her hand when she tried to get it back.<\/p>\n Thomas was found a short while after an officer saw the victim, and found him in possession of a large kitchen knife that he had tucked inside his coat, which he had taken on a supervised visit to see his baby daughter. Police called him \u201cviolent and controlling.\u201d<\/p>\n For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i>Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i>Facebook<\/a><\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The former head was banned from teaching<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734183,"featured_media":36256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[2187],"class_list":["post-36243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-educating-manchester"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/10\/18\/all-the-most-shocking-educating-manchester-controversies-over-the-years\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"All the most shocking Educating Manchester controversies over the years","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/10\/18\/all-the-most-shocking-educating-manchester-controversies-over-the-years\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/10\/18\/all-the-most-shocking-educating-manchester-controversies-over-the-years\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-10-17T142501.964-150x150.png","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-10-17T142501.964.png"},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ellie Ring"}],"creator":["Ellie Ring"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["educating manchester"],"dateCreated":"2025-10-18T19:30:59Z","datePublished":"2025-10-18T19:30:59Z","dateModified":"2025-10-18T19:30:59Z"},"rendered":"Former head Mr Povey was banned from teaching over his conduct<\/h2>\n
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Two former students were arrested after filming for the show ended<\/h2>\n
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