"I think it is a totally appropriate thing to be doing," he said.
"We are in the real world and children live in the real world.
"The unit is all about how people react to language and the limits of freedom of expression and this was a very famous snippet. It?s all about interpretation. It was a controlled assessment.?
Mr Szemalikoswki's pupils also watched reaction to the incident on BBC's Newsnight, read newspaper articles and discussed the subject in class.
Both presenters and the controller of Radio 2 stepped down after an angry public reaction to the stunt, which took place in 2008.
The headmaster admitted that the exchange "clearly offended a lot of people", but said parents' concerns had been dealt with.
"This is the kind of work going on in schools across the country," he added
Chris McGovern, chairman of the pressure group Campaign for Real Education, said using the lewd comments in an exam for 14-year-olds was "completely unsuitable".
"I can't seen any circumstances where it would be valid at GCSE level to be looking at that sort of text," he said.
"It was an appalling event and to give it the status of academic study is wrong."
The comprehensive school was awarded a gold star by Ofsted in 2001, placing it within the top 6 per cent in the country, and last year its GCSE students recorded the best Key Stage 4 results to date.
It was founded in 1862 and has around 1,300 students between the ages of 11 and 19.
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