Netflix has made an official announcement that the third season of ‘Sex Education will premiere on the streamer on the 17th of September, 2021.

To celebrate the news, they have also released five first look images from the upcoming season.

Consisting of 8 new episodes, the new season returns to follow Otis in a new year and having casual sex, Eric and Adam are official, and Jean has a baby on the way. Meanwhile, new headteacher Hope (played by Jemima Kirke) tries to return Moordale to a pillar of excellence, Aimee discovers feminism, Jackson gets a crush and a lost voicemail still looms. Prepare for commitment animals, alien phenomena, vulva cupcakes and much more of Madam Groff.

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Aimee Lou Wood as Aimee Gibbs, Emma Mackey as Maeve Wiley in Episode 7. Cr. Sam Taylor/NETFLIX © 2020
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Connor Swindells as Adam Groff in Episode 5 Cr. Sam Taylor/NETFLIX © 2020
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Emma Mackey as Maeve Wiley in Episode 4. Cr. Sam Taylor/NETFLIX © 2020

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New cast members include Jason Isaacs playing Peter Groff, Mr Groff’s more successful and not very modest older brother; recording artist and songwriter, Dua Saleh who joins in their acting debut, playing Cal, a nonbinary student at Moordale; and Indra Ové who plays Elsie’s foster mum Anna.

The show also stars Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Connor Swindells, Aimee-Lou Wood, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Chaneil Kular, Simone Ashley, Mimi Keene, Tanya Reynolds, Mikael Persbrandt, Patricia Allison, Sami Outalbali, Anne-Marie Duff, George Robinson, Chinenye Ezeudu, Alistair Petrie, Samantha Spiro, Rakhee Thakrar and Jim Howick.

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Kedar Williams Stirling as Jackson Marchetti, Dua Saleh as Cal in Episode 3. Cr. Sam Taylor/NETFLIX © 2020