Head Teacher Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Education

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Head Teacher Skills List in Education

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Head Teacher role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Head Teacher job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 28% of Head Teacher job descriptions contained qts as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

qts
28%
secondary school
28%
assistant head teacher
28%
head teacher
28%
deputy head teacher
28%
nqt
19%
pgce
19%
leadership
19%
physics
19%
qtls
19%
rqt
19%
biology
19%
science
19%
chemistry
19%
denton
19%
department
19%
ect
19%
assistant head
19%
english
19%
assistant headteacher
19%
leader
19%
deputy head
19%
manchester
19%
deputy headteacher
19%
maths
19%
headteacher
19%
senior leadership team
10%
teacher training
10%
office support
10%
slt
10%
teaching assistant
10%
independent schools
10%
a part of henry david learning
10%
art
10%
management
10%
qualified teacher
10%
pastoral care
10%
special education
10%
safeguarding
10%
teacher
10%
education
10%
enfield
10%
learning support
10%
religious
10%
business support
10%
ofsted
10%
religious education
10%
office administrator
10%
religious education teacher
10%
administration assistant
10%
schools direct
10%
attendance officer
10%
secondary
10%
business administrator
10%
sen
10%
college administrator
10%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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