Interview with Marcus, a local boy from Bridgwater who is aged 14 and is severely dyslexic.

His parents sent him to a Comprehensive.  Progress was zero so he was sent to another. Class size of over 30.  A keen footballer, Marcus had trials with Plymouth Argyll and Exeter.  Also highly rated at table tennis.  A boy who can hold his own, but admits both those early schools were “rough”.

“Sport was OK, and I made friends, but I didn’t learn much,” he said.  “It was no good.  My parents saw I was getting nowhere.  A disaster.”

So how about Shapwick?   “This place is nothing short of brilliant!  You enjoy work. That’s what makes the difference.”

Marcus spent a year at Edington and another two at Shapwick.

Favourite subjects:?  English in a class size of around a dozen, and media studies in a class of just six.  And now he pursues a dream.

He is enthusiastic about drama and the world of stage and screen. Loves writing.

One day wants to write film scripts and has the determination that could make it all happen.