St Michael's Prep School is a coeducational preparatory school in Otford, located in a site in the North Downs, Kent, England.

History

St Michael's was founded at

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in 1872 by the Reverend

Arthur Tooth Arthur Tooth (17 June 1839 – 5 March 1931) was a ritualist priest in the Church of England and a member of the Society of the Holy Cross. Tooth is best known for being prosecuted in 1876 under the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874 for u ...

as a school and home for the sons of the clergy, naval and military officers as well as professionals who had suffered bereavement or fallen on hard times. The school now has more than 460 pupils.

Historic abuse allegations

In 2005, actor

John Hurt Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors. Director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in ...

stated in an interview with the '' Independent on Sunday'' that when he was a pupil at the school he was abused by Donald Cormack, then Senior Master of the school; he later became Head Teacher until his retirement in 1981. Hurt said that the experience affected him "hugely". According to the interviewer, he and Hurt had a mutual friend who had earlier made the same allegations to him.

Notable alumni

Teachers

Roy Martin Haines Roy Martin Haines, (1924 – 1 February 2017) was a British historian. Early life Haines was the son of Evan George Martin Haines, who served in the Welsh Guards during World War I and died in 1929 aged 32 from an illness attributable to his mi ...

Pupils

* Hubert Chesshyre, Clarenceux King of Arms, Secretary of the Order of the Garter, *

, actor *

, historian *

Tom Bosworth Thomas Stewart Bosworth (born 17 January 1990) is a British two-time Olympic race walker who holds three World bests, including the World Best for the 1Mile race walk, 5:31.08. He also holds six British records, won 13 British Championship ...

- represented his country in race walking in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. * Lizzy Yarnold - silver medallist in the 2011 Bob Skeleton Junior World Championships, 2014 winter Olympic gold medalist, 2018 winter Olympic gold medalist

References

External links

School website
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