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, 42% of Head Teacher job descriptions contained sen as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sen
42%
leadership
36%
slt
30%
teaching
30%
special needs
30%
autism spectrum disorders
18%
qts
18%
special education
18%
teacher
12%
assistant head
12%
head teacher
12%
senior leadership
12%
npqh
12%
young people
12%
humanities
12%
building relationships
12%
senior leadership team
12%
headteacher
12%
lead practitioner
12%
assistant headteacher
12%
headmistress
6%
academics
6%
basildon
6%
grays
6%
nqt
6%
primary teaching
6%
rainham
6%
school teacher
6%
supply teaching
6%
brentwood
6%
ect
6%
secondary education
6%
academic lead
6%
education lead
6%
principle
6%
personal assistant
6%
autism
6%
admissions
6%
inclusion
6%
schools
6%
stakeholder management
6%
admin
6%
administration
6%
excel
6%
primary teacher
6%
secondary school
6%
word
6%
chelmsford
6%
education
6%
essex
6%
eyfs
6%
ks1
6%
ks2
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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