King's House School


King's House School is an independent day preparatory school in Richmond, London. Founded in 1946, it has 450 pupils aged between 3 and 13.

Present school

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.
The school also supports:
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."

Alumni