Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a headteacher can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a headteacher already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Headteachers manage the day-to-day activities of an educational institution. They make decisions concerning admissions and are responsible for meeting curriculum standards, which facilitate academic development for the students. They manage staff, working closely with the different department heads, and evaluate the subject teachers in a timely manner in order to secure optimal class performance. They also ensure the school meets the national education requirements set by law and cooperate with local communities and governments.

Also known as principal, headmaster, executive headteacher, educational institution manager, headmistress, academy school manager, grammar school manager, secondary school manager, primary school manager.

Managers 53 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: education administrator, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
education administrator 70% covered admissions coordinator 66% covered deputy head teacher 59% covered further education principal 56% covered secondary school head teacher 53% covered headteacher You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from headteacher, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a headteacher already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A headteacher needs 26 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • manage enrolment management skills
  • manage school budget management skills
  • provide information on education financing communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide education management support management skills
  • education administration business, administration and law
  • curriculum standards education
  • education law business, administration and law
  • develop organisational policies management skills
  • electronic communication engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • cooperate with education professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a headteacher does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Headteacher is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a headteacher’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.