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Mr Knight, who taught at the school from 1985 to 2010, died after a
long illness, he said.
Mr Murphy said: “Many staff and students will remember Mick,
who, for many years, was a highly respected and popular member of the English
department and Arden Governor.
“Mick really was a fighter and confounded his doctors by
surviving much longer than expected.”
He said: “Our thoughts are with his family at this very sad
time.
“For many years he was the face of Arden Library. He loved
books and wanted to do everything he could to encourage pupils to read and
enjoy that reading with as much pleasure as he did. As a teacher he got some of
the best English GCSE results in the school.
“There were many other things that Mick Knight did to make Arden
the school it is today.
“He always loved to win, whether it was an argument or a
sports fixture. He coached school teams for football and badminton and went on
several ski trips.
“But it was the house system that really fired him up. He
was passionate about his role as Head of Fleming, chasing round school to get
teams for every single house event so that Fleming would beat all the other
houses hands down. They often did!”
