My former teacher and lifelong friend John Forster, who has died aged 85, enjoyed a vibrant life of intellectual curiosity, sporting activity and whole-hearted commitment to his community’s development.
For 16 years he was head of King James’s school in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. In the year before his retirement, the 1996 Ofsted report on the school said: “For many years the school has enjoyed leadership of considerable distinction. The headteacher’s vision has an inspirational effect upon the school community which gives him its undivided support.”
