The BBC has ordered a new series of Bad Education.

Series 5 will comprise of six further episodes of the school sitcom, created by Jack Whitehall and Freddy Syborn, for BBC Three.

The BBC explains: "Bad Education, one of BBC Three's most successful shows with 1.1 million viewers for Series 4, returns for a fifth run.

"Stephen (Layton Williams) and Mitchell (Charlie Wernham) continue their unique approaches to teaching whilst headteacher and control freak Ms Hoburn (Vicki Pepperdine) forever looms large. Meanwhile, Mr Fraser (Mathew Horne) continues to hang around the school kitchen, and the new class K of glamorous gossip Usma (Asha Hassan), wannabe roadman Inchez (Anthony J Abraham), himbo Harrison (Bobby Johnson), clueless slacktivist Jinx (Laura Marcus), eccentric Warren (Ali Hadji-Heshmati) and energetic hustler, Blessing (Francesca Amewudah-Rivers), all return."

The writers for Series 5 include Anna Costello, Ava Pickett, Charlie Wernham, Nathan Bryon, Laura Smyth, Rhys Taylor, Layton Williams, Felix Hagan and Freddy Syborn, with additional material from Kyrah Gray and Fathiya Saleh.

Syborn will also return to direct.

Debuting in 2012, Jack Whitehall was the original star of the show, as the thoroughly incompetent teacher of Class K - including Stephen, Mitchell, and a number of other students. It concluded after three series in 2014, with a feature film the following year. A 10th anniversary reunion special aired at Christmas 2022, followed by a new fourth series from January 2023.

The commission was announced by BBC comedy commissioner Jon Petrie at the BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff, where the BBC called comedy "a public service and needed now more than ever". A total of 10 commissions were announced. Full list of new shows