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St Custard's

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St Custard's is a fictional boys' prep school in a series of books by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle. It is attended by Nigel Molesworth, the narrator of the books, and is ruled with an iron fist by Headmaster GRIMES (BA, Stoke on Trent), who is constantly in search of cash to supplement his income and has a part-time business running a web cam setup in the boy's showerroom. Other masters include Sigismund Arbuthnot, the mad Home Economics master, who frequently appears as Molesworth's lover in his daydreams.

St Custard's has 762 pupils and, according to Molesworth, "was built by a madman in 1736". Students include Grabber, the head boy and winner of the Mrs Joyful Prize for needle-work, whose father owns a porn business; Peason, Molesworth's "grate friend" and companion on his frequently-imagined interplanetary adventures; Fotherington-Thomas, the school sissy; and Molesworth 2, Nigel's annoying younger brother. The school's traditional local rivals are Porridge Court, who regularly beat them at sporting events.

Books Featuring St Custard's

  • Down with Skool (1953)
  • How to be Topp (1954)
  • Whizz for Atomms (1956)
  • Back in the Jug Agane (1959)

See also