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, 34% of Head Teacher job descriptions contained teaching as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

teaching
34%
leadership
29%
qts
24%
sen
20%
slt
20%
education
20%
chelmsford
15%
teacher
15%
ect
15%
essex
15%
eyfs
15%
ks1
15%
ks2
15%
nqt
15%
primary teacher
15%
primary teaching
15%
school teacher
15%
supply teaching
15%
brentwood
15%
basildon
15%
academics
15%
special education
10%
npqh
10%
special needs
10%
headteacher
10%
assistant head
10%
assistant headteacher
10%
lead practitioner
10%
senior leadership team
10%
building relationships
10%
humanities
10%
young people
10%
schools
10%
head teacher
10%
assistant head teacher
10%
great dunmow
10%
admin
5%
administrative
5%
secondary education
5%
rainham
5%
grays
5%
word
5%
secondary school
5%
personal assistant
5%
excel
5%
administration
5%
senior leadership
5%
autism
5%
admissions
5%
inclusion
5%
stakeholder management
5%
rs
5%
teacher of english
5%
drama
5%
drama teacher
5%
theatre
5%
performing arts
5%
performing arts teacher
5%
geography
5%
history
5%
sage accounts
5%
harlow
5%
english teacher
5%
business development
5%
management
5%
management skills
5%
problem solving
5%
business manager
5%
financials
5%

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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