1975
Centenary celebrations in February include a luncheon for School, dinner for Governors, Staff and Guests, and a Centenary Service in King’s College Chapel with the exhortation read by Rev. H.K. Moulton D.D. OL, grandson of the first Headmaster. A Centenary Dinner for Old Leysians was held in the Guildhall, Cambridge, in October.
Publication of Partnership in Excellence: A Late-Victorian Educational Adventure: The Leys School, Cambridge 1875-1975 by Derek Baker.
Library extension opened by H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent in July. Number of boys 422.
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Mr B.T. Bellis M.A., F.R.S.E. appointed Headmaster.
Bertie Bellis was educated at Kingswood School and St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he was a Mathematical Exhibitioner. He started his teaching career in 1951 at Rossall School, moving to Highgate School to become Head of Mathematics and later a Housemaster until 1965. He was then appointed Headmaster of Daniel Stewart’s College, Edinburgh and Principal of the joint establishment consisting of 1450 boys when it merged with Melville College in 1972. From 1971-2 he was President of the Mathematical Association and was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1972. With his Methodist background he followed in the footsteps of our first three Headmasters, guiding The Leys through a time of national economic difficulty, overseeing internal refurbishments and the introduction of girls into the Sixth Form.
