Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Goff gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ụmụ nwanyị na Basingstoke ruo mgbe ọ gbara afọ asatọ. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ St Aubyns, Rottingdean, wee bido na Eton College na Septemba 1939, na mbido Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ. Mgbe ọ nọ n'Eton, o lekwasịrị anya n'asụsụ ndị mgbe ochie na akụkọ ihe mere eme, na-ahọrọ ndị a karịa isiokwu sayensị. N'ebe ahụ, Henry Ley, onye na-akpọ ụbọ akwara bụ́ onye kụrụ egwú n'ememe e ji chie Eze George nke Isii eze,
, gbara ya ume ịhụ piano n'anya ma kụziere ya ịkpọ ya. Ọ hapụrụ Eton na Disemba 1944, ebe ọ natara onyinye nke ịbanye na New College, Oxford, maka mgbe o mechara ọrụ agha ya.