Hill House International School A GSG School

What The Good Schools Guide says

Principal

Since 2002, Richard Townend. Grew up sweeping and polishing the floors of Hill House. ‘The children think I’m 100,’ he quips - and he probably is around mid-70s although spruce, sprightly and remarkably good at remembering pupils’ names. Known affectionately as Mr Richard he accepted the head’s baton when his father and founder of school, Lt-Col Townend died. Hill House is a proud family affair and his own two sons, Edmund (deputy head) and William (bursar), appear poised in the wings for dynastic succession. Their avuncular father, graduate of Royal College of Music’s Conservatoire, originally taught music at Hill House. He continues to lead choirs and plays organ, treating us to an impromptu rendition of the national anthem with school band corralled in support. Anthem a mainstay of weekly assembly (‘because we are British’)...