Whiteleaf Public School

Whiteleaf Public School (pronounced witliff, ), is a fictional school, created in the British sitcom Green Wing, and attended by one of its characters, Dr. Guy Secretan, played by Stephen Mangan.

History

Very little is known about the history of the school, except that Guy claims that it was founded in Edwardian times (1901-1910). It is pretty much like many other British public schools, in that it is an all-boy school, and that the boys have to live at the school. In Guy's case, he had to as he was left at the school by his adopted father. It is unknown however if the school ever gave out corporal punishment to Guy, but it was possible during the time he was there (1977-1990).

Guy hated the experience of Whiteleaf. It has left a permanent mental scar on him. He can sometimes be found in the corridors of East Hampton Hospital Trust singing the school song and crying. In Green Wing - The Complete First Series Scripts, there is an article taken from the schools newsletter, The Whiteleafian from August 2004 where he gave out the awards at a prizegiving ceremony, where he insulted several members of staff.

However, at the school, Guy did do some things. It was here where he invented Guyball, one of the many strange sports invented in public schools.

Former pupils and teachers

Pupils
Guy has never really gone into detail about any of the other people he went to school with. The only other person that Guy has mentioned was there was Dominic Carver, who was deaf. As a result of this encounter, Guy learned sign language. However, it is known that he does not like him because he kept pulling faces whenever he tried to speak.

It is unknown how many Guyball players went to Whiteleaf, but presumably some of them did. It is unknown if the big Austrian, Markus Geissler was a former pupil.

Teachers

Although no teachers ever appear, they are mentioned, mainly in The Complete First Series Scripts, where Guy insulted several of his old teachers in a prizegiving ceremony. He offended the head of art, Mr Beresford, when Guy was talking about "Girlie subjects".

It was descirbed in The Whiteleafian that, "With regard to the introduction to Drama courses, we are quite sure that the use of the expression "Poofs-ville Arizona" was not meant to cause offence to either Mr Latimer or Mr Ramone personally, but was rather an attempt at "Post-modern" humour."

"Equally, Dr Secretan has assured us that his description of Mademoiselle Renard as "Quite-fit" was a reference to her time in this year's London Marathon (3hrs 39min)."

The school song

Like many public schools, Whiteleaf has a school song. It has only ever been heard once, and whilst Guy was singing he was crying, so the entire song is not heard. However, this is the song so far known.

:Through fortitude and character,
:We’ll thwart the knavish hordes!
:And show through our resilience,
:Of the destiny we are lords!
:………
:Each and every day.
:For Whiteleaf School, we’ll fight as one,
:Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!

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