Tom Daley moves to public school (2nd June 2009)
2nd June 2009
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Teenage diving star Tom Daley has enrolled at a public school in Plymouth after claims of bullying at his former state school.
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24th May 2009
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Plymouth College is in talks about giving a place to Olympic diver Tom Daley amid claims of bullying at his school, Eggbuckland Community College.
Plymouth College – which prides itself on its swimming programme – confirmed it had talked to Tom’s father.
Eggbuckland said that its policy was to deal firmly with bullying.
Plymouth College headmaster Dr Simon Wormleighton said: “Nothing has been agreed at the moment, but we would be very interested.”
“The school would be well suited to him.”
He said that the school, which has a number of national swimming awards, was regarded as one of the best in the country for swimming.
Tom, 14, from Plymouth, was on the British team at the Beijing games and earlier this week won silver at the World Series in Sheffield.
Mr Wormleighton said that the school had a long record of taking in elite sports pupils.
“We are well set up to meet Tom’s needs.”
“We have a tradition of a flexible academic programme for international athletes.”
His father Rob said: “We have had discussions with Plymouth College, but they are at their initial stages.”
“Every parent has a responsibility to make sure that their children have the best.”
Tom said this week that the bullying was not “high-level” but “everyone in the school” was doing it.
Tom said: “It’s not getting to me, as in the words are upsetting me, it’s just the fact that I can’t have a normal school life like everybody else.”
“It’s not high-level bullying, just name calling, someone chucking a bit of paper at you, tipping your pencil case out.”
“After the Olympics it went mad… everyone that you walk past has a little dig at you.”
He said he had not been back to school since before the Easter holidays and had considered changing schools.
Katrina Borowski, principal of Eggbuckland Community College, said: “Tom’s extremely high profile has led to a minority of students acting in an immature way towards him.”
“All involved in his education are supporting him as best we can and immediate action was taken to address concerns raised.”
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@jamesgates1 have …
@jamesgates1 have you not heard what hes said? he said he wasnt even being bullied ahahah twat
lol at the people …
lol at the people slagging him off- you’re obviously jelous because he has nearly all the girls in the UK in love with him, so you have fun at your crappy community schools and working in mcdonalds.
that i go …
that i go throgh worse stuff than that . he is so full of himselt. i know this because he hanged roung where i was! i hate him!
I think it probably …
I think it probably was quite bad bullying but he doesnt want to be like “the mean bullies scared me” coz he’d sound like a wimp
@CRINKLYx i went to …
@CRINKLYx i went to sir john hunt and yeah it was full of bullies
@Gunger290 you’re …
@Gunger290 you’re getting plymouth college confused with city college plymouth. plymouth college is a public school (ya know.. for the well-off)
um he’s in college?
um he’s in college?
i agree with one of …
i agree with one of the coments plymouth cooledge has already earned a reputation but eggy has just been put down more
i go to his school …
i go to his school belive it or not i dont care anyways i herd from his year he was never bullied it was so he could move to plymouth colledge.
he moved to a …
he moved to a sports college you douche. which makes sense considering hes a world champion diver…
@GBDYNAMICS Like he …
@GBDYNAMICS Like he said, they took it our of context. All he said was that someone called him a name and the media said he was bullied, not Tom himself.
@sinclairryanl And …
@sinclairryanl And are you famous? No.
“It was just… …
“It was just… here and there things, and it just got really annoying.”
So when I get annoyed at people do I move school? Nah, I got bullied throughout all of Year 7 at Eggy. I’m finishing up Year 11 there now, and I’ve loved it all the way through. The school’s been given such a horrific name, it isn’t THAT bad of a school really.
Lil known fact about Tom as well, seeing as I’ve known him since we were 6, he gave up ice-skating to start diving at age 9/10 because his dad pressured him to.
he was never …
he was never bullied.
he was also being …
he was also being bullied in his old school.. wasnt he?
Tom must be the …
Tom must be the most handsome boy I’ve ever seen…
tbh there was no …
tbh there was no point for him to be bullied. allo them other little fckers tht did call him names and throw stuff, are just jelous cus they ent gettin the girls (if it the lads bullyin him) and they ent on telly. gd luck in 2012 tho
Jesus christ, the …
Jesus christ, the worst kind of stupidity is when you take sarcasm literally and counteract it with more sarcasm. I was joking, because I hate the idea of private schooling. I even mentioned the word aerian in there, shame on you.
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televisewhatyouwant.
Wow. Just like Hitler did. and lets start the hitler Jugend. and build an entire race of brilliant people. So that they can rule the world with glory????
Dude i went eggbuck …
Dude i went eggbuck;and. People called him what diver boy twice. LOL i have been bullied worse than him! should i complain to the sun newspaper?
Well brettone on …
Well brettone on the subject of English your comma skills are failing
I’m not attacking …
I’m not attacking Tom Daley or his reasoning. I’m attacking the idea of private schooling, it makes me sick. The idea that to be in a community where there are nice, welcoming and talented people you would have to associate them with money and in turn have to pay a large sum of money yourself is absolutely ridiculous. I have no quarrel with Tom or his actions in particular, just the general idea of private schooling.
You are obviously …
You are obviously too ignorant to grasp the concept that his moving to a private school has nothing to do with being better than anyone. His explanation was that he wanted to be around other children who have similar backgrounds and will be more understanding of his situation. Sadly you are the one who is so insecure that you have to glob on to the notion of superiority. It is really quite sad.
Yes I agree, we …
Yes I agree, we should build an elite race of high profile people! Put the limited people in the free schools, and rich educated people will rule a happy world faster than you can say ‘aerian’!
nah he ayy its 6th …
nah he ayy its 6th form next mi bruvas in his year im in year 9