Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

headteachertofurther education principal

A headteacher already meets 56% of what the further education principal role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From headteacher
56%
Overlap1
To further education principal
22 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
47.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

56%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

47.6/ 100

1 Share of the further education principal role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the headteacher profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A further education principal role treats 11 of its required skills as things a headteacher already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • cooperate with education professionals
  • curriculum objectives
  • curriculum standards
  • develop organisational policies
  • education law
  • liaise with board members

What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A further education principal role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a headteacher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage school budget management skills
  • already held manage student admissions management skills
  • already held liaise with board members communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held apply for government funding information skills
  • already held promote education programmes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held education administration business, administration and law

All 22 carried skills, including the 11 the further education principal role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held lead board meetings required
  • required, not held analyse staff capacity required
  • required, not held assist in the organisation of school events required
  • optional, not held manage space utilisation optional
  • optional, not held assess employees' capability levels optional
  • optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held liaise with educational staff required
  • required, not held present reports required
  • required, not held represent the organisation required
  • optional, not held administer exams optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held guarantee students' safety required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held monitor educational developments required
05 education 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held adult education optional
  • optional, not held assessment processes optional
  • optional, not held learning difficulties optional
06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held university procedures optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a further education principal role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held cooperate with education professionals skill
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held curriculum standards knowledge
  • already held develop organisational policies skill
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held liaise with board members skill
  • already held manage school budget skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held post-secondary school procedures knowledge
  • already held project management knowledge
  • already held write work-related reports skill
  • already held apply for government funding skill
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held create a financial report skill
  • already held education administration knowledge
  • already held evaluate education programmes skill
  • already held funding methods knowledge
  • already held identify education needs skill
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held manage contracts skill
  • already held manage student admissions skill
  • already held promote education programmes skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held trade union regulations optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held administer exams optional
  • optional, not held manage space utilisation optional
  • optional, not held university procedures optional
  • optional, not held adult education optional
  • optional, not held assess employees' capability levels optional
  • optional, not held assessment processes optional
  • optional, not held develop professional network optional
  • optional, not held learning difficulties optional
  • optional, not held manage government-funded programmes optional
  • optional, not held recruit employees optional
  • optional, not held trade union regulations optional
31 held skills the further education principal role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on teaching methods skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse curriculum skill
  • not needed by the target role assess students skill
  • not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build trust skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
  • not needed by the target role develop learning curriculum skill
  • not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
  • not needed by the target role evaluate budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role kindergarten school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead inspections skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain contract administration skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain records of financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage enrolment skill
  • not needed by the target role office software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare examinations for vocational courses skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare syllabuses for vocational courses 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 provide information on education financing skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on school services skill
  • not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supervise educational staff skill
  • not needed by the target role trace financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role work in vocational school skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held university procedures optional
  • optional, not held adult education optional
  • optional, not held assessment processes optional
  • optional, not held learning difficulties optional
  • optional, not held trade union regulations optional
Index

Other moves recorded from headteacher

Full index of moves from headteacher

Note

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.