From the Headmaster's Study

Mr Neil Enright: Biography

Neil Enright MA (Oxon), MBA, NPQH, FRSA was appointed the 40th Headmaster of Queen Elizabeth’s School in September 2011, succeeding Dr John Marincowitz on his retirement.

Having grown up locally, Mr Enright attended The John Lyon School in Harrow, where he was Deputy Head Boy. He went on to St John’s College, Oxford, to read Geography and subsequently took his Post-Graduate Certificate of Education teaching qualification at the University of London’s Institute of Education. His first post, in 2000, was at St Gregory’s RC Science College, Kenton, where he not only taught Geography but was also Gifted & Talented Co-ordinator and the college’s Co-ordinator for the Government’s Excellence in Cities programme.

In September 2002, he came to Queen Elizabeth’s School, where he has since remained. Before his appointment as Headmaster, he held positions as Deputy Headmaster, Assistant Headmaster, Head of Year and Head of Geography. Mr Enright was awarded his National Professional Qualification for Headship in 2007 and an MBA, from the Institute of Education, in 2010, with a dissertation on 'Growing your own leadership in a context of change'.

He fulfils a number of roles on a voluntary basis:

• Deputy Chairman of Governors at his alma mater, The John Lyon School – an independent 3-18 co-educational school - where his responsibilities including chairing the Management Board of Quainton Hall (the John Lyon preparatory school).
• Trustee of John Lyon’s Foundation, an educational foundation, comprising three main members (Harrow School, John Lyon School and John Lyon's Charity) and six connected entities (Harrow Association, Old Lyonian Association, Harrow School Enterprises Limited, Harrow Development Trust, The John Lyon Development Trust and Harrow International Schools Limited). In this capacity Mr Enright serves as a governor of Harrow School.
• Governor at Longfield Primary School – a maintained primary school in Harrow.
• Governor at St Albans High School for Girls – an independent girls’ school.

Mr Enright’s previous voluntary positions have included serving as Chair of the Management Committee for Northgate School, a Pupil Referral Unit for young people with severe mental health conditions, and as a Trustee of the Ashmole Academy Trust - a local multi-academy trust board. They have also included serving as an interview panel member for undergraduate geography applicants to St Hilda’s College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and undertaking various roles for the University of Hertfordshire’s Faculty of Education. He was also involved in development of the Post-Graduate Certificate of Education course in secondary-school geography at the Institute of Education and for several years delivered training for this course to trainees and subject mentors.