Headteacher Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Education

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Headteacher Skills List in Education

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Headteacher role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Headteacher job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Headteacher job descriptions contained sen as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sen
50%
assistant headteacher
36%
headteacher
36%
deputy headteacher
29%
autism
29%
senior leadership
29%
special needs
29%
slt
22%
assistant head
22%
assistant head teacher
15%
primary school
15%
deputy head
15%
head teacher
15%
asd
15%
leadership
15%
semh
15%
autism spectrum disorders
15%
teaching
15%
principal
8%
semh school
8%
secondary
8%
senior leadership team
8%
complex needs
8%
npqh
8%
eyfs
8%
primary
8%
special needs education
8%
careers
8%
qtls
8%
qts
8%
senior leader
8%
send
8%
deputy
8%
teacher
8%
director of education
8%
principle
8%
executive headteacher
8%
secondary school
8%
executive principal
8%
school
8%
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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.

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