Head of Geography

Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN5 4DQ

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter

• Closing date

  13 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Geography
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. Membership of the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
• Additional allowances:

  Commensurate with qualifications and experience. Membership of the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

Head of Geography job summary

Queen Elizabeth’s School, Barnet seeks an outstanding geographer to lead a highly successful and popular department in one of the country’s most academically accomplished state schools. This is a rare opportunity to combine subject leadership with genuine intellectual ambition, working with exceptionally able and enthusiastic pupils who relish challenge.

Geography is chosen in large numbers at both GCSE and A level, with consistently excellent outcomes. The department benefits from a strong team, an ambitious and coherent curriculum, and a thriving culture of fieldwork and enrichment, including residentials, day fieldwork and international expeditions. Pupils are articulate, curious and deeply engaged with geography as a living, rigorous discipline.

The successful candidate will provide clear academic leadership and vision, building on the department’s existing strengths while contributing to the wider scholarly culture of the School. You will enjoy considerable professional autonomy and be supported by a highly effective Academic Leadership Team.

Queen Elizabeth’s is a heavily oversubscribed, academically selective school with a national reputation for excellence. Staff benefit from a collegiate working environment, motivated pupils and outstanding professional development opportunities.

This role will suit either an experienced Head of Geography or an ambitious teacher ready to take their first subject leadership post.

How to Apply

Applications must be made via the School’s My New Term portal, available through our website.

Your application should include a supporting statement outlining your motivation, suitability, and how you meet the Qualifications and Experience criteria of the Person Specification.

Closing date: 9am, Wednesday 13 May 2026 although early applications are encouraged.

Queen Elizabeth’s School is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and warmly welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds. The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and all relevant safer recruitment procedures.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1314 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/queen-elizabeth-s-school-barnet

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