Most of us can relate to that teenager who dreams of being on the television or perhaps working in the bright lights of Hollywood, but John Scott, a face you’ll recognise from your TV screens for the past 24 years, was all set to be a teacher before his career took a different trajectory altogether. At 18 he began studying English and Drama at Bretton Hall College in Wakefield. “I trained to be a teacher primarily because I didn’t know what else to do and the careers advisors at school said it was a good idea,” explains John. Known among his peers for his kind and compassionate qualities, he relished the challenge of working with kids, especially those that otherwise might have been overlooked. “There were some kids that, at age 13, teachers would decide they wouldn’t take exams and think ‘they’re not worth anything.’ They were put on the scrap heap; I loved them the most.”
After rapidly becoming disillusioned with the politics
