A group of locked-down primary school students in the U.K. just got a special surprise from Ed Sheeran. RELATED: Ed Sheeran Is Still Paying Wages For His London Bar Staff During The Pandemic According to the Sun, Timothy Spoerer, music director at Ecclesbourne Primary School in London, welcomed the singer onto a Zoom call with his students. “I basically wasn’t very smart at school I thought I was an idiot for a very long time,” Sheeran revealed to the kids. “I couldn’t do maths, science, and English, and I was told to be successful in life you had to do those things. “I loved playing music, that’s what made me happiest.