PARENTS are fuming over a head teacher's "over the top" reaction to pupils signing each other's shirts.
Philip Stack, headmaster at Oriel High School in Crawley, was filmed ranting at kids, telling them to "go to hell" as they got ready for the last day of term by signing each others school shirts.
School leavers traditionally autograph each others shirts before their last day.
An outraged parent shared a video of Mr Stack shouting at students with .
In the clip, Mr Stack is heard students that anyone who is seen signing shirts will be banned from the school prom.
He went on to tell the teens he would also "tell them to go to hell".
Mr Stack says: “If anyone engages in that kind of nonsense for the rest of the day, at lunchtime or any other time, I will cancel their prom ticket and they will not get a refund.
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“I will tell them to go to hell. I feel so let down – this has never happened before.
“So please advise your friends, in case they were not in this lesson when I visited this period, for god’s sake, no more nonsense and stay focused on exams.
- Did your child see Mr Stack make these comments at Oriel High School? Email fiona.connor@the-sun.co.uk in confidence
“We will do all our end of year 11 celebrations on Wednesday, June 29, when the exams really are over."
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In a statement, a spokesperson for Oriel High School said the students had received an apology from Mr Stack.
They said: "The Headteacher spoke with Year 11 students to advise them against any ‘last day’ rituals until the examinations are over when there is a planned final Year 11 assembly and barbecue.
“The comments and the manner in which the students were addressed was most unusual and out of character for the headteacher."
The school said an apology has been made to students and a letter was sent out to parents.
It said: "He has acknowledged that his comments were ‘over the top’ and last week apologised to the students both verbally and through a letter sent via the parents of Year 11 students.
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"On the day in question the students’ behaviour was exemplary and the headteacher has complimented them for it.
"The school has received no communication of complaint from anyone regarding this matter to date."