St Michael's Prep School, Otford

St Michael's Prep School is a coeducational preparatory school in Otford, located in a 90-acre (360,000 m2) site in the North Downs, Kent, England.

St Michael's Prep School
Address
Otford Court

Otford
,
Kent
,
TN14 5SA

England
Information
TypePreparatory school (United Kingdom)
MottoPerseverantia, Sapientia, Gratia
Established1872
FounderArthur Tooth
OfstedReports
Chair of GovernorsPaula Carter
HeadteacherJill Aisher
GenderMixed
Age2 to 13
HousesDover, Leeds, Rochester, Windsor
Websitehttp://www.stmichaels.kent.sch.uk

History

St Michael's was founded at Hatcham in 1872 by the Reverend Arthur Tooth 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.

Abuse allegations

In 2005, actor John Hurt 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 and later became Head Teacher until his retirement in 1981.[1] According to Hurt, Cormack used to remove his two false front teeth and insert his tongue into boys' mouths. Hurt also said that Cormack used to rub the boys' faces with his stubble. Hurt said that the experience affected him "hugely". According to the interviewer, Sholto Byrnes, he and Hurt have a mutual friend who had earlier made the same allegations to Byrnes.[2]

Notable alumni

Teachers

Pupils

References
  • Sally Maria Jones, St Michael's School, Otford: Recollections, Observations, and Celebrations. The Story of St Michael's School, Otford, Since its Foundation in Hatcham, New Cross, in 1872 (Sevenoaks: Amherst, 2004; 255pp., with illustrations and portraits; ISBN 1-903637-22-8)
  1. History of St Michael's School, accessed 21 March 2010. (Confirming details of Cormack's career.) Archived 1 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Sholto Byrnes, "John Hurt: I was abused, too", Independent on Sunday, 16 October 2005
  3. Jamie Doward (30 March 2019). "Honours system under scrutiny after sex abuser kept title for years". The Observer. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/john-hurt-10-essential-films
  5. http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=63&event=26351&L=0

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