McGill’s is one of the six senior Houses and is home to around 80 boys aged between 13 and 18, half of whom board in the House. Opened in 1887 as the first ‘new’ boarding House to accommodate the increasing student numbers, the first Housemaster was Mr McGill, a talented artist, a learned naturalist and one of the outstanding schoolmasters of his day, serving Aldenham for 32 years.

The current Housemaster, Mr Dunstan came to Aldenham in September 2000 as a teacher of religious studies, having been Head of Religious Studies at Ryedale School in North Yorkshire since 1997.  In September 2002, Mr Dunstan became Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Aldenham, also taking on the role of Head of Psychology.  After two years as Housemaster of Riding’s House he then became Housemaster of McGill's House. He is a committed Christian, a singer, and enjoys playing badminton and cricket.  He is married to Jo and they have three young children.

Many of the rooms in the House retain their original names such as the Upper and Lower. Boys still change for games in the Chags.  Some rooms have been named after eminent McGillians so you might find yourself sleeping in Bell or Devlin! The House is run by the Housemaster and his wife together with resident tutors, non resident tutors and a full time matron. We also have a domestic staff team of three who keep the House clean and tidy against impossible odds of 80 teenagers! Many changes have been made over the last seventeen years; spartan large fourteen-bed dormitories have been down-sized to provide study bedrooms and small dormitories, and the large communal bathrooms have been modernized. The House has excellent facilities, including an IT room, plus wireless internet access around the House, two pool tables, table tennis, table football, X-Box room, surround sound cinema screen and the largest television on campus complete with SKY+. Future plans include developing an underused area of the House into a fitness suite in which boarders will able to work out and use up some excess energy!