STRATUS CLASS IS BRITAIN'S FUNNIEST CLASS OF 2025!

The school bell has rung! Our search for this year's funniest class has come to an end. Congratulations to Stratus Class (Year 5) from Riverley Primary School in Leyton, London, who are now crowned Britain's Funniest Class of 2025, with their teacher, Ms Maisha Mahfuza, taking home the crown as Britain's Funniest Teacher. Winning with 36% of the votes, Stratus class secured their title as Britian’s Funniest Class with their joke:

"What do you call the fanciest punctuation? An a-posh-trophe!”

Jokes poured in from all corners of the country for this year’s competition and were whittled down to a top ten shortlist by Beano’s gag makers, before the public voted for the winner. All the finalist jokes this year have made the nation laugh and giggle, and we thank every single class that took part in the competition.

To celebrate their victory, Stratus Class and Ms Mahfuza will be causing mischief alongside the kids of Bash Street School in Issue 4290, out on Wednesday, 11th June 2025. Illustrated by legendary artist Nigel Parkinson, each kid in the winning class and their teacher have been immortalised in the comic.

They have also won Golden Gnasher Badges, comic subscriptions for the whole class and their school library, a fun-filled Beano day and a copy of 'The Day We Got Uploaded', published by Farshore for every pupil in the class.

Although this year’s competition has ended, the laughs don’t have to stop! Our downloadable lesson plans will continue to inspire and ignite the imaginations of students in classrooms everywhere. We’ve partnered with charity Place2Be to bring fun, free, resources to the classroom to tackle the growing issue of children’s mental health. Keep the laughter in the classroom with our free curriculum-linked KS1 and KS2 lesson plans, available to download now.

Here’s a list of the top 10 jokes:

1. Riverley Primary School, London – What do you call the fanciest punctuation? An a-posh-trophe!

2. St. Michael's Primary School, Lichfield – What’s the cleverest school dinner? Maths potato.

3. Cross Arthurlie Primary, Glasgow – How do you get a class to be quiet? Tell them this joke.

4. Gosforth East Middle School, Whitley Bay – Why did the shark have stomach ache? Because it ate a school dinner!

5. Woodland View Primary School, Northampton – What’s the difference between Dennis and Gnasher? Dennis wears shorts and Gnasher pants!

6. Lancing Prep Worthing, Worthing – What’s the opposite of a Dandelion? A BeanoTiger.

7. Malvern Parish CofE Primary School, Malvern – Why did the chicken cross the road? Be-CAAWWWW-se!

8. Fitzjohn’s Primary School, London – Gnasher tried to open a store. Business was ruff!

9. St. Michael’s Primary School, Lichfield – What do dinosaurs eat? ROAR carrots.

10. Stradbroke Primary School, Sheffield – What did Stevie Star say when he finished the dramatic writing test? I’m done done done!