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Head Teachers and Principals

Head teachers and principals plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the running of schools, colleges and other educational establishments.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£42,917
£65,360
£100,395

New workers start around £42,917. Normal pay is £65,360 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £100,395.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 34,056 vacancies for this type of job

2.69%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Coordinates and maintains quality assurance procedures.

  • Assists with recruitment, public relations and marketing activities.

  • Liaises with parents and pupils.

  • Monitors schools performance and sets goals for student's academic achievements.

  • Leads or contributes to decision making processes regarding curricula, budgetary, disciplinary and other matters.

  • Considers staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs.

  • Sets the school's values, provides leadership to staff and helps create an encouraging environment for learning.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Curriculum Development

  • Strategic Leadership

  • Due Diligence

  • Continuous Improvement Process

  • Food Preparation

  • Child Protection

  • Pedagogy

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Working With Children

  • Finance

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Leadership

  • Teaching

  • Management

  • Communication

  • Planning

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • English Language

  • Innovation

  • Educational Leadership

  • Enthusiasm

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Certificate in Education (Lifelong Learning)

University Centre at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group (inc Wakefield College & Selby College)

CertEd · 2 Years · Part-time day/evening · Wakefield, · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Education and Training

Middlesbrough College

CertEd · 1 Year · Full-time · Middlesbrough · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Learning and Teaching

University of Northampton

FdA · 2 Years · Full-time · Northampton · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 64/64

Education

University of Lincoln

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Lincoln · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 104/104

Applied Education Studies

Nottingham College

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

Special Education

University of East London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Stratford · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Conductive Education

Birmingham City University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 09/2024

Tariff points: 96/96

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