"the stupid one". Mr. Phillips' Bromwell High file number is 999. He is voiced by Stephen Merchant. Gavin Beale Gavin was born in a crossfire hurricane. His mother was a tailor and his father was a gambling man. These circumstances made him turn to Christianity, which he hoped would provide some stability in his life. He studied Theology at Durham University where he obtained a trombone scholarship. He was ready to enter the church by 1990, in a poor east London parish where he felt he could help ease the suffering and assist the poverty stricken. He decided to defer a year and backpack around Thailand instead. He claims to have written the novel "The Beach", the manuscript of which he says he left in a Bangkok dance bar, possibly in a Bangkok dancer. No one believes him because he has absolutely no proof and is generally considered to be "a lying twat". Returning to the poverty-stricken East End parish, he was struck by how disgusting it was so he got a job teaching. Gavin is now the Religious Education teacher at Bromwell High (he considered being a journalist for NME but became a Christian Fundamentalist without having to change his taste in acoustic-based rock). He acts casual in an effort to connect with his pupils, but this is a thinly-veiled attempt to convert his students to Christianity. He consistently offends followers of all other faiths. Gavin's Bromwell High file number is 742. He is voiced by Stephen Mangan. Ms. Jenny Gosby Ms. Gosby graduated from Oxford Mobile University in 1986. There are no records of her before this. There are, however, records for a Mr. Bruce Gosby, who seems to have vanished during his gap year before attending university. Bruce was an accomplished rower who took first place in both coxless events. He enjoyed being coxless, as if he were waiting all his life to be without cox. After teacher training, "Ms." Gosby taught sciences to inmates of Lezzborough Prison, Little Beanflick, Dykeshire. She was dismissed after her involvement in a rooftop protest. Convicted of inciting a riot, Ms. Gosby was tagged by the police and considered dangerous and psychologically unstable. She has since been appointed to Head of Biology at Bromwell High, and is also the lunchlady. Other characters have hinted that she might be transgender. Ms. Gosby's Bromwell High file number is 123. Minor characters Davis Considered