- [to Mr Gregory who is enraged at being locked overnight in the playground toilet]
- large group of children: [singing] Oh dear what a calamity, old Greg got locked in the lavatory, he was there from Monday till Saturday.
- Mr. Jenkins: Please don't make the mistake your predecessor did of calling any one of the pupils a bastard. You see, Mr Saunders, some off them are.
- [It is the end of term and almost Christmas. Mr Gregory grabs hold of a small boy who is running in school. This occurs just as the home-time bell is ringing. Gregory is about to give him a good hiding but he relents and lets the boy loose]
- Arthur Gregory: All right, I'll let you off this time as it's Christmas.
- Mr. Jenkins: Never to late to learn, isn't that your motto, Arthur ?
- [Saunders is in an angry mood because of the poor exam work of the class]
- John Saunders: [shouts] Pull your socks up!
- [some of the boys jokingly pull their socks up, then Margaret stands up and, slowly raising her skirt, she teasingly pulls up her stocking tops; the boys in the class all give cheers and wolf-whistles]
- [Jenkins enters Saunders' class and is angry at the pupils' behaviour]
- Mr. Jenkins: Be quiet! Somebody gives you something interesting to do for once and you all behave like a pack of lunatics!