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 Phil has been hailed by no less than John Humphrys as, “One of the very best teachers in the country.” A former recipient of the ‘Secondary Teacher of the Year’ award in the National Teaching Awards, he is an English teacher at an inner city school, has written a bestselling book on education, ‘Could do better’ and he’s taking on adult literacy in a current Channel 4 series called Can’t Read, Can’t Write.
Can't Read, Can't Write
Daily Mail Weekend
Pick of the Day ****
"...with the inspirational Beadle at the helm."
The Times
Pick of the Day
"In this new three-part series, nine illiterate adults enrol on a reading course taught by the maverick Phil Beadle, who previously appeared on TV in The Unteachables. Beadle took a six-month course to qualify as an adult literacy teacher, at the end of which he dismisses the Government's adult literacy materials as "worse than useless". He has never taught anyone to read before, but he is a born teacher: he never gives up on students and he never talks down to them. He believes in their abilities and he is painfully aware of the misery and alienation caused by illiteracy. Whin three weeks, 58-year-old Teresa, who burst into tears in her first lesson, is able to stumble through a children's book."
The Independent
Pick of the Day
"The teacher Phil Beadle last seen inspiring teenagers in The Unteachables, takes on nine adults with literacy difficulties who have enrolled on a six-month course to change a fundamental aspect of their lives and deal with the associated emotions."
The Sunday Times
Pick of the Day
"...Phil Beadle, the award-winning teacher who powered Channel 4's the Unteachables..."
Radio Times
Documentary of the Week
"Phil's the kind of stormy character you could watch all day, as he lurches around with his half-mast tie and retro sports bag, raging at the Government's policy on literacy before inspiring his class of adults with an approach designed for children.
The result is amazingly moving. Any number of newspaper columns must have tackled this subject, but none could bring it alive like a well-filmed TV series. When you see Linda - who years to read Ernest Hemingway before she can even get her "b" and "d" the right way round - finally start to crack it, it's truly heart-warming."
Daily Express
Pick of The Day
"Nine adults with literacy difficulties enrol on a six-month reading course they hope will change their lives. Teaching the class is award-winning tutor Phil Beadle."
Daily Mail
Pick of the Day
"Every year, more than 100,000 teenagers leave school without being able to read or write properly - but what happens next? They get added to the five million adults in Britain who can't read or write well enough to cope with the modern world - and they aren't people for whom English is a second language. Here, award-winning teacher Phil Beadle sets out to highlight this shocking state of affairs by teaching a group of adults to read and write in just six months. The process is set to bring years of frustration and anger to the surface and, from the start, it's more intense than even Beadle had ever epxpected. Linda, who is 46, adores books but can't read a word. She embarks on a life-changing and emotional journey with the inspirational Beadle at the helm.
Phil has also appeared on ‘Richard and Judy’ and on ‘This Morning’. He was nominated for BBC TV moments of the Year, and awarded best on screen newcomer in the Royal Society of Television Awards.
Press reaction to Phil’s role in Channel 4’s ‘The Unteachables’ series included:
“Invigorating, inspiring and exceptional” The GTC magazine
“An emerging national hero” The Observer
“The country’s most inspirational teacher” The Times
“Whatever he’s being paid, it’s not enough” The Radio Times
“He speaks and looks like Dirt Den and is a genius” The Guardian
Phil is also an experienced after dinner speaker and lecturer.
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