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

primary school head teachertonursery school head teacher

A primary school head teacher already meets 79% of what the nursery school head teacher role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From primary school head teacher
79%
Overlap1
To nursery school head teacher
40 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
27.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 27.4

This move: 27.4 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the nursery school head teacher role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the primary school head teacher 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 40 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 primary school head teacher background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage enrolment management skills
  • already held trade union regulations services
  • 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 promote education programmes communication, collaboration and creativity

All 40 carried skills, including the 19 the nursery school head teacher role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 11 missing skills fall into 6 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 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held implement care programmes for children required
  • required, not held support children's wellbeing required
  • optional, not held provide after school care optional
02 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held identify process improvements required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
03 education 1 required
  • required, not held kindergarten school procedures required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
  • optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
  • optional, not held build trust optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
06 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 40 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse staff capacity skill
  • already held apply for government funding skill
  • already held assess students 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 develop organisational policies skill
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held instructional strategies knowledge
  • already held manage staff 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 teaching methods skill
  • already held assess employees' capability levels 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 identify education needs skill
  • 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 manage enrolment skill
  • already held manage resources for educational purposes skill
  • already held promote education programmes skill
  • already held provide feedback to teachers skill
  • already held recruit employees skill
  • already held trade union regulations knowledge
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held provide after school care optional
  • optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
  • optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
  • optional, not held build trust optional
  • optional, not held maintain contract administration optional
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
13 held skills the nursery school head teacher role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer exams skill
  • not needed by the target role arrange parent teacher meeting skill
  • not needed by the target role lead board meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with board members skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational staff skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with educational support staff skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with shareholders skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain students' discipline skill
  • not needed by the target role manage maintenance operations skill
  • not needed by the target role manage school budget skill
  • not needed by the target role manage space utilisation skill
  • not needed by the target role primary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role represent the organisation skill
1 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
  • required, not held kindergarten school procedures required
Index
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.