12 Mr. Geoff Lee (2019)

Mr Lee left the school in 1962, he was a very popular teacher. The following text is from the Headmaster's Notes of that year:

At Easter Mr. J. G. Lee, a founder-member of the Staff, left to become a lecturer in Physical Education at Didsbury Training College, Manchester. Mr. Lee came to this, his first teaching post, in September, 1955, direct from his training at Loughborough College of Physical Education, and found a school of 190 junior boys with no playing field of its own. Mr. Lee's assets were a splendid gymnasium, the ungrudging support of his colleagues, the enthusiasm of the boys and his own determination to succeed. He did not look for quick results, but he sought rather to inculcate a right attitude in his pupils. At the same time he was singularly successful in obtaining fixtures with local schools. By 1959, when the school had a fifth form, the rugby and athletics teams were already meeting with some success - and all this had been accomplished before the school playing field was available.
The successes of 1961-2, Mr. Lee's last year here and the seventh Year of the school's life, are a fitting tribute to his work. It is our hope that he will be equally happy and successful in his new post.