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, 48% of Headteacher job descriptions contained leadership as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

leadership
48%
headteacher
32%
qualified teacher
29%
deputy headteacher
29%
sen
29%
assistant headteacher
16%
director
16%
special needs education
16%
teacher
16%
primary school
16%
principal
16%
management
12%
asd
12%
teaching
12%
complex needs
12%
semh
12%
principle
12%
qts
8%
special education
8%
safeguarding
8%
autism
8%
primary teacher
8%
primary headteacher
8%
send
8%
deputy head
8%
head of school
8%
senco
8%
education lead
8%
head teacher
8%
learning
4%
secretary
4%
personal assistant
4%
pa
4%
looked after children
4%
education
4%
assistant head teacher
4%
virtual school
4%
education support
4%
bsl
4%
hearing impaired
4%
autism spectrum disorders
4%
disabilities
4%
secondary education
4%
lac
4%
key stage 1
4%
deputy
4%
educator
4%
secondary
4%
senior leadership
4%
slt
4%
vice
4%
academics
4%
class teacher
4%
early years
4%
east london
4%
ect
4%
eyfs
4%
vice principal
4%
key stage 2
4%
ks1
4%
ks2
4%
london
4%
nqt
4%
pgce
4%
primary school teacher
4%
primary teaching
4%
redbridge
4%
school teacher
4%
trainee teacher
4%
english teacher
4%

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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