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, 34% of Head Teacher job descriptions contained leadership as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

leadership
34%
teaching
34%
sen
24%
slt
24%
qts
24%
education
20%
special education
15%
special needs
15%
teacher
15%
supply teaching
15%
school teacher
15%
primary teaching
15%
primary teacher
15%
nqt
15%
ks2
15%
ks1
15%
eyfs
15%
essex
15%
ect
15%
chelmsford
15%
brentwood
15%
basildon
15%
academics
15%
building relationships
10%
assistant head teacher
10%
senior leadership team
10%
lead practitioner
10%
assistant headteacher
10%
assistant head
10%
humanities
10%
young people
10%
headteacher
10%
npqh
10%
great dunmow
10%
head teacher
10%
schools
10%
autism spectrum disorders
5%
secondary education
5%
inclusion
5%
admissions
5%
problem solving
5%
stakeholder management
5%
admin
5%
administration
5%
excel
5%
personal assistant
5%
secondary school
5%
word
5%
grays
5%
rainham
5%
autism
5%
senior leadership
5%
sage accounts
5%
financials
5%
business manager
5%
geography
5%
management skills
5%
management
5%
business development
5%
administrative
5%
harlow
5%
rs
5%
history
5%
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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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