Mr. Peter Daplyn

Mr. Peter Daplyn was the gym teacher and disciplinarian at King’s School in Season 1.

Personality
Despite looking intimidating and often being responsible for punishing misbehaved students, he appeared to rarely be taken seriously by the students of the school, much to his frustration. During the rare times in the series where gym was shown, he pushed the students to their limits, but was proud of them, as you can see in the background when Harry Elgood finishes the cross country race in the last episode of Series 1.

His lack of real control over the students was proven in the last episode when the students were messing around in prep under his supervision. Despite threatening the students with several kinds of punishments, they didn’t start to behave until Mr. Perry walked into the room.

He died In October 2017 of a brain tumor and was remembered as a very laid-back and gentle guy.

Quotes
“I don’t know how you have the effrontery to talk to the headteacher like that.” -to Joe McCready before he had his cold shower