The headmaster behind the LGBTQ+ headlines
Nicholas with the pupils at his school.
Pic: St Dunstans College
Nicholas Hewlett sits down with a calm and poised energy for our Zoom chat. Academic books are organised neatly on the shelves behind him and a dark wooden art piece hangs boldly above his left shoulder.
The headmaster of St. Dunstan’s College in Catford made waves in the news at the start of LGBTQ+ history month in February this year after he came out to his staff and pupils in an assembly on February 1 2021.
Enjoying the Easter break in the casual form of a navy-blue polo shirt, he still looks as put together as he would in the more familiar work attire of his suit and tie.
Headmaster Comes Out To Students, Faculty in Virtual Assembly
Nicholas Hewlett is believed to be the first British head teacher to publicly come out to his school. February 02 2021 11:35 AM EST
A headmaster at an exclusive private school in the United Kingdom is believed to have made history yesterday when he came out to students and faculty at the start of the school’s LGBTQ week. Nicholas Hewlett made the revelation to his students at St. Dunstan’s College in Catford, southeast London, during a virtual assembly Monday, according to
The Times.
“My only regret is not doing it earlier, because seven years of children will have gone through the school without the benefit of a role model.” Hewlett told the
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The principal of an exclusive private school plans to make history in the UK by coming out as gay during an online assembly.
Nicholas Hewlett, the head of the $25,000-a-year St. Dunstan’s College in Catford, southeast London, told the Sunday Times of London that he plans to discuss his sexuality and marriage to another teacher during an assembly Monday.
It is thought to be the first time a principal will come out in front of his pupils and staff in the UK, the paper said.