Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a primary school head teacher can go next

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

Primary school head teachers manage the day-to-day activities of a primary school or elementary school. They manage staff, make decisions concerning admissions and are responsible for meeting curriculum standards, which are age-appropriate for primary school students and facilitate social and academic development education. They also ensure the school meets the national education requirements set by law.

Also known as head teacher of primary school, primary school principal, headteacher of primary school, headmaster of primary school, primary school headteacher, director of primary school, elementary school principal, primary education headteacher, primary education head teacher, primary school director, primary school headmaster.

Managers 53 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: nursery school head teacher, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
nursery school head teacher 79% covered deputy head teacher 78% covered secondary school department h… 71% covered special educational needs hea… 67% covered university department head 62% covered primary school head teach… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from primary school head teacher, 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 primary school head teacher 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 primary school head teacher needs 25 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
  • apply for government funding information skills
  • liaise with shareholders communication, collaboration and creativity
  • analyse staff capacity management skills
  • curriculum standards education
  • primary school procedures education
  • education law business, administration and law
  • develop organisational policies management skills
  • 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 primary school head teacher does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Primary school head teacher 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 primary school 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.