Who is Jackson Marchetti in Sex Education?

Head boy, swim star, quietly drowning · Moordale Students

Jackson Marchetti (Head boy, swim star, quietly drowning) is a character in Sex Education, part of Moordale Students. Jackson Marchetti is Moordale's golden everything — head boy, county swim champion, two proud mothers and a 6 a.m. training schedule that is slowly disassembling him. The series introduces him as Maeve's love interest and keeps him long after as its study of performance anxiety in the literal sense: a kid so good at being the school's trophy that nobody asked if he wanted the cabinet. His friendship detours — Viv, Cal — map his slow exit from other people's expectations.

When does Jackson Marchetti first appear?

Jackson Marchetti first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 of Sex Education (2019–2023, Netflix).

Which group does Jackson Marchetti belong to?

By the time Jackson Marchetti appears, Moordale Students also includes Maeve Wiley, Eric Effiong, Aimee Gibbs, Ruby Matthews, Lily Iglehart.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Otis Milburn — The teen therapist who can't take his own advice
• Maeve Wiley — The genius the school wrote off
• Eric Effiong — The best friend in full colour
• Adam Groff — The headmaster's son with the unspoken everything
• Jean Milburn — The sex therapist whose son is mortified
• Aimee Gibbs — The sweetest person in Moordale, learning to be angry
• Ruby Matthews — The untouchable, briefly touched
• Michael Groff — The headmaster who never learned the lesson he enforces
• Lily Iglehart — The alien-erotica auteur of Moordale

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