Senior Prefects 2011-2012
Head of School for the next academic year will be Andrew White with deputies David Boffey and Sparsh Garg
Andrew managed to work his way up the ranks from lowly street urchin and ousted his rivals (Sparsh Garg and David Boffey) in a ping-pong tournament, which decided who became Head of School. I quote, “Nobody can physically handle Dewie’s topspin.” He is determined to prove himself in this role as ping-pong mentor to the rest of the school. In the future he aims to study Medicine, regularly performing open heart surgery on one of the Sixth Form pool tables. At the moment he is enjoying his studies in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Maths, and regularly participates in school sport for hockey.
His favourite film is Gladiator, which gave rise to his favourite quote (as everyone in the Sixth Form knows): “Are you not entertained?”
Andrew’s close connections to the school have made him very enthusiastic to take up the mantle of Head of School, hoping to do his duties to the best of his ability. He is, I quote, “very grateful” to be Head of School.
Sparsh is a veteran of Kingsmead House plays and a crucial member of the 3rd XV Birkenhead School Rugby Team. He has many aspirations for his life, but realised fairly late that ‘Football Manager 2011’ and knowing the capital city of Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou for those who are interested) would not get him very far. Now he plans to do Law, because his favourite TV programme is ‘Kavanagh, QC’. In ten years he sees himself still constantly studying and reading books.
His favourite films are ‘Inception’, ‘The Damned United’ and ‘Valkyrie’, of which he knows every line of dialogue (just ask those in Ms. Holgate’s form). His hero is Benjamin Disraeli, because, in his own words, ‘he managed to break through the Anti-Semitic sentiment of the Victorian era and became one of Britain’s greatest Prime Ministers’. Becoming Deputy Head of School, he says, ‘is one of the proudest moments of my life, and I will do my utmost to maintain the proud traditions of the school.’ Well, he does do History A-Level, as well as Chemistry, French and Maths. He likes to be approachable to all members of the School’s community and hopes that the youngest pupils will not be put off by his fierce demeanour.
David has been in the School since Year 7. He is a veteran of the 2nd Team and a minnow in the 1st team Rugby Squads. Some have said that he spends too much time on FIFA, but David insists that this is a real hobby. At university he wishes to pursue the line of Geography or Economics, studying History and Biology at A-Level as well.
His favourite film is ‘Twilight’, because he has always regarded the romance between Edward Cullen and Bella Swan as one of the best in literature. He is also currently very involved in preparing debating topics for the School’s European Youth Parliament team, which goes to Durham in July.
Becoming Deputy Head of School “really means a lot” to David, and, I quote, “I am very appreciative of this great opportunity. I look forward to being one of Mr Clark’s and Mr Hopkins’ minions, and hope to use my newfound powers responsibly for the benefit of the school.”
