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Head of Modern Languages
Posted: Feb. 2, 2026
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Are you ready to step up to the ultimate challenge to be Head of Modern Languages at the nation’s top girls’ boarding school?
This is an exciting opportunity for a strong and inspirational teacher to take on a significant leadership and management role as Head of Modern Languages. The Head of Modern Languages will have overall responsibility for leading and managing the department, ensuring that all subjects are taught in an interesting and challenging manner to realise each pupil’s potential.
The Modern Languages Department is a busy department with a vibrant mélange of native, bilingual, trilingual and fluent speakers of a vast array of languages. Multiculturalism defines this eclectic department, and a stroll through the corridors will treat your ear to snippets of conversations in a whole range of languages from Arabic to Italian to Russian and Urdu.
Wycombe Abbey has its own salary scale which compares favourably with other independent schools and is well above that of the maintained sector. The successful candidate will teach a reduced timetable to reflect the Head of Department responsibilities.
Wycombe Abbey is a world-class full-boarding school for girls, located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170-acre campus and impressive resources, the School provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11-18.
Wycombe Abbey has been at the forefront of girls’ boarding education for over 125 years. Superb academic outcomes are the School’s hallmark and pupils regularly secure places at the most prestigious universities across the globe. Known for its world-class education, Wycombe Abbey encourages curiosity, innovation, leadership and delight in learning among its pupils.
Benefits of working at Wycombe Abbey include:
Enrolment in the School’s generous pension scheme.
Fee school remission at Wycombe Abbey and selected prep schools.
Free parking.
Free meals.
Free use of the Sports Centre.
Free eye tests.
Access to the Employee Assistance Programme.
To apply: Please see the job profile document for full information about this role. To apply, please complete an application form and submit this, together with a covering letter, to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan by selecting “Apply for this job”. Should you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team on 01494 895575 or hr@wycombeabbey.com.
Closing date for applications: 1 March 2026
Interview date: 9 March 2026
We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.
Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare:
All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
Further information regarding filtered convictions, please refer to Filtering Guidance by the Ministry of Justice and Nacro Guidance.
We are an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No. 310638.
Wycombe Abbey is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.