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, 40% of Headteacher job descriptions contained headteacher as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

headteacher
40%
leadership
40%
sen
36%
deputy headteacher
36%
qualified teacher
29%
special needs education
24%
semh
20%
teacher
16%
primary school
16%
director
16%
asd
16%
principal
16%
complex needs
16%
education lead
12%
head teacher
12%
principle
12%
management
12%
teaching
12%
assistant headteacher
12%
senco
12%
primary headteacher
8%
deputy head
8%
head of school
8%
send
8%
lac
4%
secretary
4%
looked after children
4%
virtual school
4%
autism
4%
assistant head teacher
4%
education
4%
learning
4%
pa
4%
personal assistant
4%
special education
4%
secondary education
4%
qts
4%
disabilities
4%
autism spectrum disorders
4%
hearing impaired
4%
bsl
4%
education support
4%
english teacher
4%
vice principal
4%
safeguarding
4%
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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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