The headmaster of an exclusive Sydney private school which will come under the gaze of the sex abuse royal commission has welcomed the opportunity to work with the national inquiry.
The royal commission announced on Thursday it will next month begin a hearing involving the Wahroonga-based Knox Grammar school and the Uniting Church in Australia between 1970 and 2012.
It relates to concerns raised about inappropriate conduct by a number of teachers towards students at Knox.
In 2010, former teacher Crag Treloar was jailed for two years for numerous sex offences against four boys, aged 11 to 13, who attended Knox in 1986 and 1987.
Headmaster John Wood says the school regularly reviews child protection policies, student awareness programs and support structures to provide surety to parents and students about safety.
"These matters were well publicised in 2009 and the school has always accepted responsibility in this matter and sought to support firstly the police inquiries and, most importantly, any students who were identified as having been sexually abused," Mr Wood said in a letter to former students on Thursday.
"We look forward to working with the royal commission as a case study in February."
The commission will investigate the systems, policies and procedures in place at Knox in relation to raising and responding to concerns about child sexual abuse since 1970.
The hearings begin in Sydney on February 23.
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