Miss Hardbroom's attitude towards Mildred is also up for debate. This is also shown in the 2017 series within the first episode, wherein Mildred is quite capable of creating a Levitation Potion correctly the first time she does so, simply because she is applying her fully to working on said potion. She also notably gets over her fear of heights through consistent broomstick flying - suggesting she might be Brilliant, but Lazy and fully capable of getting high marks if she applies herself. Once she's got the proper theory down, she doesn't seem to have any problem casting magic in the field. The main problems that her teachers have is that she's accident prone, occasionally lazy and quick to break the rules. But on the other, she seems to be mainly bad in the school environment. 
On the one hand, she is quite bad at a few things.
Mildred's status as the Worst Witch in the school is up for debate. Dyllis Not the most socially-adjusted of witches, but she has moments where she's absolutely adorable in her ignorance. Her nerdiness and giddy awkwardness is played up slightly, and she has a lot of adorably awkward moments, particularly when she's nervous about something. Especially in The New Worst Witch Just having been made a teacher, she's overeager and anxious to make a good impression on everyone, though she suffers quite a bit from foot-in-mouth syndrome. Deidre Swoop can be a little awkward at times, but post- Character Development she's very sweet, even if she retains some Upper-Class Twit tendencies. Miss Drill dancing at the end of the season 3 premiere. The TV movie is mostly forgotten, except for a few nostalgic fans. 
Jill Murphy even ran with it, notably expanding Drusilla's role in books written after the TV series.
A lot of details from the show - like Miss Bat and Miss Drill's Adaptation Personality Change, Maud's surname being Moonshine, Ethel being a Rich Bitch - are mistaken as book canon.
Adaptation Displacement: While the books are very popular, the 1998 series tends to be a little better known.
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