GA President 2026–27

Fiona Sheriff is a dedicated geographer, Head of Geography and a recipient of the Geographical Association’s Award for Excellence in 2024 as well as winning the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Ordnance Survey Award in 2024 for excellence in geography education at secondary level. She is also a Chartered Geographer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

Fiona had her first book, 100 Ideas for Secondary Geography Fieldwork, published in October 2024 and she has also been the co-ordinator for the UK Polar Network Antarctic Flags outreach programme. For the last five years she has connected schools with polar researchers and scientists, sending thousands of flags to Antarctica to enable students around the world to learn more about geography and science careers in the polar regions. 

She was a UCL Fawcett Fellow in 2022–23, working on curriculum design and how to embed stories into everyday geography teaching practice. She has worked with the Geographical Association over a number of years to deliver training, writing an article for Teaching Geography, presenting at the Annual Conference in 2022, 2024 and 2026 and was the Curriculum Design Lead for the partnership between the Geographical Association and Oak National Academy in KS3 geography.

She has led her department to become a Geography Quality Mark Centre of Excellence alongside being a member of the GA’s Fieldwork and Outdoor Learning special interest group. 

She is a keen supporter of the Maternity Teacher Paternity Teacher Project and is the regional representative for Northamptonshire, encouraging geography teachers to feel supported and inspired during pregnancy and after.