Ex-deputy head at Prince George’s prep school jailed for child sex abuse

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former deputy head at the first school Prince George and Princess Charlotte attended has been jailed for child sexual abuse offences. The “prolific offender” was caught just a few months after he had been appointed deputy head of pastoral care at Thomas’s prep school in Battersea – the school George and Charlotte attended until their move to Lambrook School in Windsor in September last year. open image in gallery Matthew Smith is a former deputy head at the first school Prince George and Princess Charlotte attended For the majority of his offending, Smith was living in Nepal, working at a school, and also spent various periods working in orphanages and NGOs across India between 2007 and 2014. “He conducted his offending while working as a teacher and head of pastoral care – a deep betrayal of the trust placed in him.” Children’s charity the NSPCC said Smith’s offending demonstrates why the UK Government’s Online Safety Bill is “so crucial”, because it will “finally compel tech companies to do far more to protect children from sexual abuse on their sites”.