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.
A headteacher at an exclusive private school has made history by coming out as gay and discussing his sexuality in a virtual school assembly on Monday.
Nicholas Hewlett, headteacher at the £18,000-a-year St Dunstan s College in Catford, told students and staff that he is happily gay and in a same-sex relationship .
It is thought that the announcement to students by a headteacher is the first of its kind in educational history.
The 41-year-old s assembly marks the start of the school s LGBTQ week and the beginning of LGBTQ History Month.
Exploring the school s history, he told the real-life story of a former teacher at St Dunstan s who in the 1980s faced criticism for being an openly gay educator.