Teacher Books in Order
Teacher by Jack Sheffield contains 17 books, published between 2007 and 2024. The first book is Teacher, Teacher! (2007) and the newest is University Challenges (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 17
- Published
- 2007–2024
- Pages on record
- 2,688 in 8 of 17 books
Teacher is Jack Sheffield's series of novels about an English village primary school. Seventeen books were published between 2007 and 2024, opening with Teacher, Teacher! (2007) and continuing through Mister Teacher (2008), Dear Teacher (2009), Village Teacher (2010) and Please Sir! (2011). Elementary school teaching, school principals, rural schools and English social life are the catalogued subjects, and the run is classed as biographical.
How many Teacher books are there?
Teacher has 17 books, released between 2007 and 2024.
Teacher Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 17 Teacher books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Teacher, Teacher!2007 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420073361/4
- 2Mister Teacher2008 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420083041/4
- 3Dear Teacher2009 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420093361/4
- 4Village Teacher2010 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420103361/4
- 5Please Sir!2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 6Educating Jack2012 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420123361/4
- 7School's Out!2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 8Silent Night2013 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/420133361/4
- 9Star Teacher2015 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420153521/4
- 10Happiest Days2017 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/420173521/4
- 11Starting Over2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 12Changing Times2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 13Back to School2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 14School Days2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 15Last Day of School2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
- 16University Tales2023 · confirmed 1/42023–1/4
- 17University Challenges2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Is there a chronological order for Teacher?
No separate chronological order is on record for Teacher, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Teacher books in order?
You should read the Teacher books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Teacher book also stands alone.
Where to start with Teacher
Start with Teacher, Teacher! (2007), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Teacher book?
University Challenges (2024) is the newest Teacher book released so far.
Is there a new Teacher book coming?
No next Teacher book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Teacher at a glance
- Still running
- Teacher is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Teacher books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,688 pages across the 8 of 17 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Teacher books, 9 of 17, were published in the 2010s.
What the Teacher books are about
9 of the 17 Teacher books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: biography is tagged on 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Biography 6 of 9 books
- Elementary school teaching 6 of 9 books
- England 5 of 9 books
- Elementary schools 4 of 9 books
- Elementary school principals 3 of 9 books
- School principals 3 of 9 books
- Rural schools 2 of 9 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 9 books
More books by Jack Sheffield
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Jack Sheffield books in order 18 books








