A Portrait of McClure

‘He was easy of access, essentially human, and possessed of a very kind heart. His purse was often opened to help boys whose parents were not well-off. The boys were proud of their Headmaster: listening with pleasure to his witty conversation, admiring his remarkable memory and valuing the many striking sermons in which he appealed to them to lead a manly life‘.

The verdict of a Governor of the time

Religion

Former School ChaplAin, the Reverend DR Richard Warden reflects on how Mc Clure’s Nonconformist Christian faith and principles guided his approach to education and the development of the school and the pupils’ moral and spiritual compass