Deputy head teacher to nursery school head teacher
A deputy head teacher already meets 68% of what the nursery school head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what a nursery school head teacher is expected to do is already part of a deputy head teacher’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the nursery school head teacher role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A nursery school head teacher role treats 17 of its required skills as things a deputy head teacher already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- analyse staff capacity
- apply for government funding
- assess the development of youth
- assist in the organisation of school events
- cooperate with education professionals
- curriculum objectives
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 33 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A nursery school head teacher role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a deputy head teacher background worth leading with.
- already held provide feedback to teachers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held learning technologies education
- already held apply for government funding information skills
- already held kindergarten school procedures education
- already held promote education programmes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse staff capacity management skills
All 33 carried skills, including the 17 the nursery school head teacher role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn identify process improvements required
- still to learn assess students required
- still to learn develop organisational policies required
- still to learn manage staff required
- optional, not held manage enrolment optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held assess employees' capability levels optional
- optional, not held identify education needs optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- still to learn implement care programmes for children required
- still to learn support children's wellbeing required
- optional, not held provide after school care optional
- still to learn instructional strategies required
- optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
- optional, not held build trust optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a nursery school head teacher role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 identify process improvements practise this
- 02 instructional strategies study this
- 03 assess students practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 33 skills that carry over
- already held analyse staff capacity skill
- already held apply for government funding skill
- already held assess the development of youth skill
- already held assist in the organisation of school events skill
- already held cooperate with education professionals skill
- already held curriculum objectives knowledge
- already held curriculum standards knowledge
- already held education law knowledge
- already held guarantee students' safety skill
- already held kindergarten school procedures knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held monitor educational developments skill
- already held pedagogy knowledge
- already held present reports skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held supervise educational staff skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
- already held advise on lesson plans skill
- already held advise on teaching methods skill
- already held assessment processes knowledge
- already held contract law knowledge
- already held create a financial report skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held escort students on a field trip skill
- already held evaluate education programmes skill
- already held funding methods knowledge
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held lead inspections skill
- already held learning technologies knowledge
- already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held promote education programmes skill
- already held provide feedback to teachers skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage enrolment optional
- optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
- optional, not held provide after school care optional
- optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
- optional, not held assess employees' capability levels optional
- optional, not held build trust optional
- optional, not held identify education needs optional
- optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
- optional, not held recruit employees optional
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
- optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
11 held skills the nursery school head teacher role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
- not needed by the target role education administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with board members skill
- not needed by the target role maintain students' discipline skill
- not needed by the target role manage government-funded programmes skill
- not needed by the target role manage student admissions skill
- not needed by the target role monitor student's behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role prepare youths for adulthood skill
- not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide education management support skill
- not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn instructional strategies required
- optional, not held trade union regulations optional
Common questions about this move
Can a deputy head teacher become a nursery school head teacher?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A deputy head teacher already covers 68% of what a nursery school head teacher is expected to do: 33 skills carry over, 17 of which the nursery school head teacher role treats as required.
What skills does a deputy head teacher need to become a nursery school head teacher?
7 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is identify process improvements.
How hard is the move from deputy head teacher to nursery school head teacher?
Its learning distance is 40 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.