Head Master

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
September 2026

19 May 2025

**Job overview**:
The appointment is for** September 2026** following the retirement of Simon Everson after thirteen years of distinguished and successful leadership.

Merchant Taylors’ School, which was founded in 1561, is a leading independent day school that offers an outstanding education to talented boys aged 3 to 18 years. The Senior School is selective and has a full roll of 962 pupils from Years 7 to 13, with a further 370 pupils in the Prep School. Renowned for its high academic achievement, Merchant Taylors’ pupils are intellectually able, curious and enthusiastic about learning. These qualities are fostered through an academically ambitious curriculum and forward-thinking teaching methods that seek to stretch, challenge and support pupils in their studies. A wide range of co-curricular activities further inspires and develops pupils’ skills, passions and interests, ensuring they develop as happy, confident individuals.

Helen Flower:
or

Michael Spens:
or

Claire Oulton:

- Merchant Taylors’ School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service._
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020._
- RSAcademics is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to promoting diversity and inclusion in schools._

**About**Merchant Taylors' School**:
**Merchant Taylors' School**
- Sandy Lodge, Northwood
- Middlesex
- HA6 2HT
- United Kingdom

+44 1923 820644

Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood, is a leading independent day school offering an outstanding, all-round education for over 960 talented boys aged 11 to 18 years. Competition for places is fierce, and entry is by competitive assessment at 11+ and 16+. Merchant Taylors’ Prep School caters for an additional 370 boys from 3 to 11 years of age offering a through-school experience for suitable boys.

Renowned for its high academic achievement, Merchant Taylors’ pupils are intellectually able, curious and enthusiastic about learning. These qualities are fostered through an academically ambitious curriculum and forward-thinking teaching methods that seek to stretch, challenge and support boys in their studies. A wide range of co-curricular activities further inspires and develops the boys’ skills, passions and interests, ensuring they develop as happy, confident individuals ready to make their mark on the world.

Public examination results are outstanding, the majority of students proceeding either to leading universities as well as medical schools in the UK or abroad. We pride ourselves on our outstanding pastoral care as well as our excellent academic results, and aspiration in all areas goes well beyond the norm, making Taylors’ a particularly exciting and rewarding place to teach.

Merchant Taylors’ is fortunate to have some of the finest school grounds in the country with 280 acres of parkland, playing fields and lakes. Located in Moor Park in North London, Merchant Taylors’ is just a 30-minute underground journey from Central London and is easily accessible from Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Buckinghamshire.