John McIntosh

Who is John McIntosh?

John Charles McIntosh, CBE, FRSA 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.

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.