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, 42% of Headteacher job descriptions contained headteacher as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

headteacher
42%
leadership
42%
deputy headteacher
34%
sen
34%
qualified teacher
30%
special needs education
21%
principal
17%
assistant headteacher
17%
semh
17%
primary school
17%
teacher
17%
director
17%
complex needs
13%
principle
13%
head teacher
13%
education lead
13%
management
13%
asd
13%
teaching
13%
deputy head
9%
head of school
9%
senco
9%
primary headteacher
9%
learning
9%
education
9%
personal assistant
5%
pa
5%
secretary
5%
assistant head teacher
5%
autism
5%
virtual school
5%
looked after children
5%
lac
5%
special education
5%
secondary education
5%
qts
5%
disabilities
5%
autism spectrum disorders
5%
hearing impaired
5%
bsl
5%
education support
5%
safeguarding
5%
send
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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