Pippa Fitz-Amobi EPQ 18/08/2017
Production Log – Entry 8
Let it never be said that Pippa Fitz-Amobi is not an opportunistic interviewer. I was at Cara’s house again today with Lauren. The boys joined us later too, though they insisted the football be on in the background. Cara’s dad, Elliot, was chattering on about something when I remembered: he knew Sal pretty well, not just as his daughter’s friend but as Sal’s teacher. I’ve already got character assessments from Sal’s friends and brother (his generational peers, I might say) but I thought maybe Cara’s dad would have some further adult insights. Elliot agreed to it; I didn’t give him much choice.
Transcript of interview with Elliot Ward
Pip: So for how many years had you taught Sal?
ElliotErr, let’s see. I started teaching at Kilton Grammar in 2009. Salil was in one of the first :GCSE classes I took so . . . almost three full years, I think. Yeah.
Pip: So Sal took history for GCSE and A level?
ElliotOh, not only that, Sal was hoping to study history at Oxford. I don’t know if you :remember, Pip, but before I started teaching at the school I was an associate professor at Oxford. I taught history. I moved jobs so I could be around to take care of
Isobel when she was sick.
Pip: Oh yeah.
ElliotSo actually, in the autumn term of that year before everything happened, I spent a lot :of time with Sal. I helped him with his personal statement before he sent his uni applications off. When he got his interview at Oxford I helped him prepare for it, both in school and outside. He was such a bright kid. Brilliant. He got his offer from them too. When Naomi told me I bought him a card and some chocolate.
Pip: So Sal was very intelligent?
ElliotYeah, oh absolutely. Very, very smart young man. It’s such a tragedy what happened :in the end. Such a waste of two young lives. Sal would have got A stars across the board, no question.
Pip: Did you have a class with Sal on that Monday after Andie disappeared?
