Then Jack moved to a different series, which was a prequel, and featured some of our favourite characters from the books at school. So when Jack is offered an opportunity that could change everything, he knows he has a difficult decision to make. I can remember the school meals, the spam fritters, salad with roast potatoes and the comforting puddings all served with lashings of custard sometimes coloured pink. Silent Night, Star Teacher, Happiest Days, Starting Over, Changing Times, Back to School and School Days.

Jack Sheffield's next book is University Tales and is out in Hardback, with the paperback published in Summer 2024. he and his wife are expecting a baby and the school is preparing for the introduction of the new National Curriculum. It has been immensely good fun, and I am in awe of anyone who can stand on a stage in front of a 100+ people. My primary school was a very happy time and certainly bears no resemblance to the amount of testing and homework that occurs for our young people today.We catch up on the lives of our favourite school staff, Ruby the kind-hearted cleaner, Vera, the most-capable Secretary who is capable of solving any kind of moral dilemma. Traditionally, Jack Sheffield has released a book a year in this delightful series, which were dutifully purchased and enjoyed. Whether it's combing the church for an escaped pet mouse or dealing with the obnoxious new school governor, life in the village is always entertaining.

Hilarious, nostalgic and heart-warming in equal measure, Last Day of School is the final novel in the much-loved Teacher series. In the late seventies and eighties, he was a headteacher of two schools in North Yorkshire before becoming Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds. After a job as a 'pitch boy', repairing roofs, he became a Corona Pop man before going to St John's College, York, and training to be a teacher. It was at this time he began to record his many amusing stories of village life as portrayed in Teacher, Teacher!And then there are the many everyday surprises that come with life in the village, like combing the Church for an escaped pet mouse.