John McIntosh (educator)

John Charles McIntosh, CBE, FRSA (born 6 February 1946) was Headmaster of The London Oratory School for 29 years until his retirement on 31 December 2006.

He was educated at Ebury School, Shoreditch College and Sussex University. He joined the London Oratory School as an Assistant Master for Mathematics at the age of 21 in 1967, was promoted to Deputy Headmaster in 1971 and was appointed Headmaster in 1977. He founded The London Oratory School Schola appointing Michael McCarthy in 1996 as its founding director.[1]

McIntosh was appointed to the Conservative think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies Education Group in 1982; he became a member of its Council in 2005. Between 1988 and 1991, he served on the Education Advisory Council of the Institute of Economic Affairs. He served on the Health Education Council between 1985 and 1988, and on the National Curriculum Council between 1990 and 1993. He has been a member of the Catholic Union of Great Britain since 1978. According to The Tablet, he is the 96th most influential lay Catholic in Britain.[2]

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1996 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to education.[3][4]

He was made a Knight of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George in 2012.[5] He was also made an additional member of the Headmasters Conference.

He is currently a member of the National Curriculum Review Advisory Committee, Dean and Education Advisor of Academy of St. Cecilia in London, a member of the Abbot's Advisory Committee at Ampleforth College, chairman of governors of St Philip's Preparatory School in London, a trustee of the English Schools Orchestra and Choir, a trustee of The London Oratory School Schola Foundation, and a trustee of the LOST Theatre Company.

Controversy

Under his headmastership, the London Oratory School was chosen for the education of the children of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. In 1999, in a letter to 1000 boys at the school, he asked parents to contribute at least £30 a month to cover a £250,000 deficit in the school's budget that he blamed directly on government policy. This was an embarrassment to the government and led to widely reported criticism from Labour politicians and unions.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.london-oratory.org/schola
  2. ↑ The Tablet, 18 March 2006, Page 32
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 8. 29 December 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/NY2013-list.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.constantinian.org.uk/delegation/delegation-members-of-the-british-and-irish-delegation-of-the-constantinian-order-and-the-royal-order-of-francis-i/539-members-of-the-sacred-military-constantinian-order-of-saint-george
  6. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/1999/sep/25/labourconference.labour3 Duplicity claim in PM boys' school row | Politics | The Guardian

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