It’s not a private school, it’s a secondary comp with recently granted academy status: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Park_School

Agreed, it’s certainly at least implied that new something was going on. The second quote in the paragraph sounds much more general though and he doesn’t say that his peers were preyed upon, that’s a really chopped up ‘quote’.

I have a Times account so can see the full article there. Not sure if it’s available anywhere else. It’s kind of a weird piece to describe as an interview to be honest, it’s really chopped up.

This is the full paragraph from The Sunday Times: