King's House School Explained

King's House School
Established:1946
Type:Private school
Preparatory school
Head Label:Head
Head:Mark Turner
Address:Kings Road
City:Richmond, London
Country:England
Postcode:TW10 6ES
Staff:86
Enrolment:450
Gender:Boys
Lower Age:3
Upper Age:13
Colours:Blue & White

King's House School is a private day preparatory school in Richmond, London. Founded in 1946,[1] it has 450 pupils aged between 3 and 13.[2]

Present school

The school is currently split into three parts:

Facilities

Sport

The school specialises in the three sports of rugby, cricket and football. Football operates at the beginning of the year until the winter term, when rugby comes in play. Cricket follows in the summer term. Sports lessons take place at King's House Sports Ground in nearby Chiswick.[3]

The school also supports athletics, basketball, cross-country, fitness training, gymnastics, judo and swimming.[2]

Choir

In the late 1970s, the school's choir was involved in West End performances, supplying a chorus for the Andrew Lloyd Webber stage musical, Evita. In 1989, a new generation of singers provided vocals on Mike + The Mechanics' chart-topping single "The Living Years".

Major achievements

Historical case of child abuse

Former teacher Michael Porteous was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for sexually abusing a pupil at the school in the 1970s. The school issued a statement, saying: "We are shocked that a former teacher of the school abused his position of trust in this way and committed a deplorable crime against a pupil in his care."[6]

Alumni

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: King's House School : General Information . 2016-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160206085052/http://www.kingshouseschool.org/general.htm . 2016-02-06 . dead.
  2. Boys 3–13. Girls 3–4. Web site: King's House School . Independent Schools Council . 10 July 2016 .
  3. Web site: Sports . King's House School . 28 January 2018 .
  4. Web site: Computing . King's House School . 28 January 2018 .
  5. Web site: King's House School. Independent Schools Inspectorate.
  6. News: Richmond King's House School 'saddened' it could not stop paedophile teacher's 'deplorable' crimes in the 1970s . Laura . Proto . Your Local Guardian . 8 October 2014 . 28 January 2018 .
  7. News: Dallaglio: my secret life as Tina Turner's backing vocalist . Elizabeth . Day . 14 January 2008 . Daily Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group . 9 October 2005.
  8. Book: Goldsmith, Annabel . Lady Annabel Goldsmith . 2004 . Annabel: An Unconventional Life . Weidenfeld & Nicolson . London . 0297829661 .
  9. News: Jonathan . Sale . Education: Passed/Failed – Nigel Planer . . 7 October 1998 . 20 March 2021 .

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