Where a deputy head teacher can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a deputy head teacher already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Deputy head teachers support the management duties of their school's principals and are part of the school's administrative staff. They update the head teacher on the daily operations and developments of the school. They implement and follow up on school guidelines, policies and curriculum activities introduced by the specific head teacher. They enforce school board protocol, supervise students and maintain discipline.
Also known as school deputy head, deputy headmaster, deputy head, school deputy headmaster, assistant head teacher, assistant principal, assistant headteacher.
Managers 44 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: nursery school head teacher, 68%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- nursery school head teacher 68% covered · difficulty 40
- secondary school department head 67% covered · difficulty 39.9
- secondary school head teacher 66% covered · difficulty 42.3
- special educational needs head teacher 63% covered · difficulty 45
- further education principal 62% covered · difficulty 42.8
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A deputy head teacher needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- provide education management support management skills
- provide feedback to teachers communication, collaboration and creativity
- education administration business, administration and law
- curriculum standards education
- education law business, administration and law
- cooperate with education professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
- communicate with youth communication, collaboration and creativity
- supervise educational staff management skills
- maintain students' discipline management skills
- pedagogy education
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a deputy head teacher does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- special educational needs head teacher 80% covered · difficulty 24
- secondary school head teacher 79% covered · difficulty 24.5
- primary school head teacher 78% covered · difficulty 25.6
- nursery school head teacher 76% covered · difficulty 28.3
- secondary school department head 63% covered · difficulty 40.8
- special educational needs coordinator 61% covered · difficulty 42.4
- university department head 61% covered · difficulty 42.5
- further education principal 60% covered · difficulty 43.7
- headteacher 59% covered · difficulty 43.7
- head of higher education institutions 55% covered · difficulty 48.9
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a deputy head teacher’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.