Portland students are appearing on a radio documentary series.

Students at the Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy were interviewed by BBC Radio 4.

The BBC visited the academy to document its innovative teaching and recorded a Year 8 maths lesson for its ‘Educators’ series.

Rosie Blake, a Year 8 student, said: “It was great fun having the BBC recording here to share how exciting our learning is.”

The series interviews the people whose ideas are challenging the future of education.

The episode featuring IPACA and its students will be focusing on Salman Khan, the founder of the Khan Academy.

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to provide ‘a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.

It has a website which features thousands of educational resources including more than 100,000 practice problems and which is used extensively at the academy.

Year 8 student, Finley Brown, said, “Being able to access Khan Academy at home means I can get a head start with my maths.”

IPACA said its ‘rich digital environment’ and provision of Google Chromebooks to all secondary and Sixth Form students has made effective online learning possible at school and at home Director of Digital Learning and Innovation, Gary Spracklen said: “Being able to add a mix of superb online resources into a live lesson has a real impact on learning. This extra dimension to our teaching and learning improves attainment and it also shows our students and staff that we are truly part of a global learning community.”

BBC reporter, Natalie Donovan said, “It’s been great meeting Year 8 students at IPACA and to find out how they use digital resources such as Khan Academy to help them understand difficult mathematical concepts.”