Farmer Russell Appleby produces honey with astonishing qualities. He has consumed some himself and can leap over trees and buildings in huge strides. Geoff Wade is a failing maths teacher who can sense the potential in this extraordinary honey to secure his future at Honibridge Modern school. He secretly uses his pupils as guinea pigs in tests to find out what they can achieve in their impending GCSEs. This surreal tale follows Geoff's mad follies in his quest for promotion and his desperation to reunite with his ex-girlfriend, Rose.