A selection of teachers are being interviewed for a position as Head of Curriculum. Fowl sets about sabotaging his opponents, Miss Crabbe and Moose.

Parents arrive for the Hardwicke House Prizegiving. Outside, Slasher and his gang set to work stripping all of the parked cars.

On the day the exams start, two ex-students that Herbert Fowl sent to Borstal detention school come to pay him a visit.

Philpott is desperate to pass school Inspection. Flashman gives him a helping hand. Fowl on the other hand manages to foul it up for himself with the Inspector almost immediately.

The students and faculty are putting on a play based on the Last Supper. Fowl insists on playing Jesus, while Moose has decided to play Samson and Savage refuses to wear period dress.

The South African ambassador Van der Git and his wife intends to enroll their son at Hardwicke House.

As the students and teachers return for a new term, they learn that Mr. Fowl has been put in charge of distributing pens and paper from stock. Slasher instructs his new gang to get his hands on these supplies.