Gerry Monaghan is the Head of Physics. He worked in engineering for 20 years, mostly on structural steel projects and bridges as well as underground mining before retraining as a teacher 2005. Since then he has been head of physics at grammar and independent schools. He was part of the A level physics qualification reform team at OCR in Cambridge in 2015, until returning to teaching as Head of Physics at Bedford School. He has experience as an author, reviser and examiner for Cambridge international A level Physics. He teaches across the department.