A former deputy head of Prince George and Princess Charlotte’s first school was jailed for 12 years after he paid a teenager to abuse children in India and send him footage of the attacks.
Matthew Smith, 35, was appointed as deputy head of pastoral care at Thomas’s Preparatory School in Battersea in September last year.
He worked in orphanages and NGOs across India between 2007 and 2014 before taking a teaching job at a school in Nepal.
NCA investigators found Smith offered a teenage boy in India £65,398 to abuse children over a five-year period and asked him to send him footage of the attacks.
Smith also accessed dark web sites and forums dedicated to child sexual abuse.
He moved back to the UK in July 2022 and began working at the south London school where he was a deputy head teacher and head of pastoral care before his arrest in November.
He moved back to the UK in July 2022 and began working at the south London school where he was a deputy head teacher and head of pastoral care before his arrest in November.
Officers found more than 120,000 indecent images of children on his laptop, SD card and on his phone.
Smith used the encrypted app Telegram to receive and share sexual images and films of children, Southwark Crown Court heard.
None of the offences related to children at the prestigious school, which costs upwards of £20,000 per year.
Smith, of East Dulwich, southeast London, admitted 17 counts, including three of encouraging the rape of a child under 13, three of causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and arranging the sexual abuse of a child.
He also admitted three counts of making indecent images – in relation to more than 120,000 photos, including more than 10,000 of the most serious category.
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