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| King's House School | |
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Kings Road , TW10 6ES England | |
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| Type | Private school Preparatory school |
| Established | 1946 |
| Head | Mark Turner |
| Staff | 86 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 3to 13 |
| Enrolment | 450 |
| Colour(s) | Blue & White |
| Website | www |
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]
The school is currently split into three parts:
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]
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".[ citation needed ]
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]
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