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Overview
Headteacher work is about leading the daily running of a school or educational institution, including admissions, curriculum standards, staff management and student learning conditions.
In job descriptions, look for school leadership, supervision of teaching staff, education administration, budget responsibility, curriculum evaluation, admissions, communication with families and cooperation with boards or local authorities.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Headteachers balance daily school operations with educational direction. The work can include admissions decisions, curriculum follow-up, staff supervision, budget control, meetings with families and cooperation with boards, authorities or local communities.
Skills and specializations
Important skills include supervising educational staff, managing school budgets, evaluating education programmes, managing enrolment and analysing curriculum. Some posts emphasize primary, secondary, vocational or kindergarten procedures, while others focus on funding, inspections or organisational policy.
Salary context
Salary context depends on the size and complexity of the institution, staff and budget responsibility, inspection exposure, admission duties and the degree of accountability for curriculum quality and student outcomes.
Career paths
Common development steps include department leadership, deputy head roles, whole-school leadership, education administration, programme evaluation, policy work or responsibility for several school units.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names the school stage, budget scope, staff group, admission authority and reporting line. Those details show whether the role is mainly operational leadership, curriculum leadership or broader institutional management.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 2
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
11-9032.00
Exact relationship
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Open in O*NETEducation and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
11-9031.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
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Alternative labels
Occupation group
Education managers (1345)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e1587bbb-2d4e-4726-839a-7f4895c440e7 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 1345.1 |
| ISCO group | 1345 |
| Concept type | Occupation |