School Daze: ‘I went to seven schools’, says Alison Spittle

I moved school lots. I went to seven primary schools, I think. My family moved from London to Ireland and back again and then to Germany, though I didn’t go to school there. I was used to being the new girl in school all the time, so I had a routine down.

I think that having to be the new girl so often definitely contributed to me becoming a comedian. When I would roll up to a new school, I would decide that the easiest way to fit in would be to be the funny one. I would flit around to different social groups, because everything was temporary to me.