The buildings were reopened as an independent international boarding school under the name of King's College Saint Michael's in 1990, before closing in June 2020 as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[1] Designed by architect Henry Woodyer, until its closure the school regularly sang 150 settings of evensong; it was the last educational establishment in England to sing the orders throughout the week.

There was the climb up from the little market town of Tenbury whence some of the lay clerks make their twice daily journey to Mattins and Evensong to lend men’s voices to the boys’ choir, and there before me stretched an enormous common.

In the far corner, in a land of blossoming orchards and backed by the blue distance of Clee Hill, rose a chapel, seemingly as large as Lancing.

Here Christopher Hassall read his poem to the boys and held them spellbound as the stars shone through the narrow Gothic windows in the gabled roof…………"The crest on the school tie was a red broadsword on a blue background symbolising St Michael's defeat of the dragon by its colour and the two kinks in the sword.

[4] Notable alumni include: The year after the college closed the school buildings were used as the set for the 1986 film, The Worst Witch based on the novel by Jill Murphy, starring Diana Rigg, Tim Curry and Fairuza Balk.

During the months of July and August, Saint Michael's ran an English language summer school for students from around the world.