Netflix’s Adolesence to be available completely free for all schools in UK-Robert Oliver-Entertainment – Metro

Adolescence has been out less than a month – it’s already going to be available in schools (Picture: Netflix/AP/Reuters)

Netflix has announced that its groundbreaking series Adolescence will be made available for free in all British schools.

The four-part drama, co-created by and starring Stephen Graham, has been one of the TV events of 2025 and is on track to be nominated for several awards.

Celebrated for its central acting performances, its handling of sensitive subject matter, and its one-take wizardry, Adolescence has taken the TV world by storm.

Starring Graham and 15-year-old acting prodigy Owen Cooper, Adolescence follows the story of 13-year-old Jamie, whose family’s lives are turned upside down after he’s accused of murdering a girl at school.

The series deals with incel culture, social media addiction, the difficulty of parenting in the 2020s, and bullying among school pupils, as well as school funding and police resourcing, across four hour-long episodes.

After being celebrated by critics and viewers and becoming one of Netflix’s biggest TV shows of all time, Adolescence will now be made available to watch in schools for free.

‘How can we prevent young boys being dragged into this whirlpool of hatred?’ (Picture: Netflix)

The announcement was made as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met with the show’s creators at Downing Street during a meeting about the issues tackled by the series.

Saying that the programme hit him, his wife, and his son ‘hard’, the Labour leader added that he wished to work out ‘what can we do as a society to stop and prevent young boys being dragged into this whirlpool of hatred and misogyny’.

He added: ‘It’s pernicious and persistent. But what Adolescence shows is that it’s now taken on a different form, or different characteristics [that can be] pumped directly into the minds of our children.’

Show creators met with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Monday (Picture: Reuters)

The Prime Minister concluded: ‘I do think there is a sense of isolation going on here, and therefore we can’t deal with these challenges just with the old tools that we have. I don’t think there’s a simple solution.’

Anne Mensah, the vice president of Netflix’s UK content, said: ‘Adolescence has captured the national mood, sparking important conversations and helping articulate the pressures young people and parents face in today’s society.

‘We’re incredibly proud of the impact the show has made, and are delighted to be able to offer it to all schools across the UK through Into Film+.’

Into Film is a charity supported by the British Film Institute that ‘aims to put film at the heart of children and young people’s educational, cultural, and personal development’.

Dozens of films are available for free through the Into Films library, with the catalogue covering a range of subjects including World War Two and the Holocaust, identity and belonging, Shakespeare adaptations, and films suitable for those studying GCSE English.

Adolescence currently has a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average score of 9.3 out of 10, making it one of the best-reviewed TV shows in the history of the aggregator site.

Watch Adolescence on Netflix.

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