Bingley Grammar : Lessons in shame
Lessons in shame
By Matthew Acton,
08/11/2009
Two teachers at top school are suspended after kids see live Bangkok sex show
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RED HOT: It's wall-to-wall sex in Patpong's sleazy streets
A SCHOOL has suspended two teachers after claims that teenage pupils on a cultural trip to the Far East ended up watching a live sex show in Bangkok.
Horrified parents only found out about the visit to the Thai capital's notorious Patpong red-light district after one girl posted pics from the trip on her Facebook web page.
One snap showed a group of the grammar school youngsters, aged 16 to 18, and the two teachers sitting around a table littered with beer bottles outside a Bangkok bar.
A member of the party is about to puff from a hookah pipe. The contraptions usually contain mint flavoured tobacco, drawn through water for a more mellow taste.
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Later in the evening some of the pupils moved on to the city's sleazy red light area, whose streets are lined with bars offering sex shows.
Last night a staff member at Bingley Grammar, in West Yorks - founded in 1529 and one of Brtain's oldest schools - revealed: "It is the talk of the school.
"The teachers, a man and a woman, are fighting for their careers over this because the youngsters were supposed to be in their care.
"They are claiming that the kids did not drink or smoke although that's not what the pupils are saying. But the worst part is that some of them went to the live sex show.
"The kids said it was disgusting, with couples there on stage having sex in a grotty bar. The teachers are claiming it was a mistake and as soon as the action started they left. But that is at odds with what the kids are saying.
"I mean, the Patpong area is not the kind of place where you go by mistake. It's completely in your face and wall-to-wall sex."
A dozen youngsters from the school - whose motto is Passing on the Torches of Learning - have spent a month in Thailand and neighbouring Laos over the summer.
As well as sampling the Far East's culture, they trekked through jungles to remote communities, helping disadvantaged schools with jobs like fixing broken furniture, painting and providing sporting equipment for the students.
But our source added: "I think it will be a while before anyone from the school is visiting Thailand again.
"The allegations have left a very sour taste in the mouth. Some of the parents are absolutely incensed.
"It takes a lot of trust for a parent to pack their child off to the Far East for a month and they don't expect them to be smoking, drinking and witnessing degrading XXX-rated spectacles in bars."
Head teacher Chris Taylor confirmed that the school, with the help of Bradford Council, has launched an inquiry.
He said: "A potential concern has been raised about activities during the trip. We are treating this with extreme seriousness.
"We will take appropriate action at the investigation's conclusion. It is inappropriate to comment further."
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An investigation has been launched by one of the countries oldest schools into reports that students who were on a school trip to Asia were allowed to witness a sex show whist out for the night in Bangkok’s notorious red-light district. A member of staff at Bingley Grammar School said that the revelations were causing quite a stir. The students had travelled to Thailand and Laos as part of a cultural trip to get to know different cultures, trek through the countryside and help out with less privileged communities and schools. However, the seedier side of the trip became apparent when one of the students posted photographs of the Bangkok experience onto her Facebook page.
The snaps apparently show the students who were aged between sixteen and eighteen sitting at a Bangkok bar table which is littered with empty beer bottles. Two of the teachers can also be seen in the pictures. The teachers, a man and a woman claim that there was no drinking or smoking going on. However the students are telling slightly different stories.
Later that evening a number of students decided to explore that Patpong area of the capital. They went into a bar where they said they started to watch people having sex on stage. The two teachers claim they were not aware that this was going to happen and that they left as soon as they realized their mistake. However, once again the children are telling a different story.
The schools head teacher has said that he will be conducting a full investigation into exactly what went on and will then take the necessary action.
