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, 34% of Headteacher job descriptions contained special needs education as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

special needs education
34%
sen
34%
semh
34%
headteacher
34%
senco
28%
deputy headteacher
28%
assistant head teacher
17%
asd
17%
complex needs
17%
leadership
17%
head teacher
12%
education lead
12%
assistant headteacher
12%
personal assistant
12%
principle
12%
teacher
12%
nasenco
12%
learning
12%
education
12%
executive assistant
6%
dfe
6%
business support
6%
empower
6%
pep
6%
senior management
6%
special education
6%
pa
6%
secretary
6%
qualified teacher
6%
principal
6%
primary school
6%
management
6%
head of school
6%
director
6%
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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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