headteacher

nounA2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechmostly written

Other forms: headteachers

A headteacher is the person in charge of a school. The new headteacher.

The job is budget, staff and inspection far more than teaching. A headteacher changes a school more than any policy does, which every parent knows.

Definitions of headteacher

1nounheadteacherThe person in charge of a school.A2
“The headteacher had been in post for nineteen years.”

headteacher is a person.

Also accepted in games: principal

Where it comes from

Head plus teacher; the British title replaced headmaster and headmistress from the 1970s.

From head + teacher.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Jobs & Professions

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headteacher in the wild

In September 1992, Mark Braine took over as headteacher, at which point the school was renamed The Avon Valley School.
Avon Valley School
In 2006, Don O'Neill, who had been deputy headteacher under Mark Braine and acting headteacher from October 2004, was appointed headteacher.
Avon Valley School
Tarleton Academy is a secondary Academy situated in Tarleton, Lancashire, England; the headteacher is Scott Parker.
Tarleton Academy
The current headteacher is Georgina Littler, who took over in May 2020.
Didcot Girls' School
The current executive headteacher is Caroline Derbyshire (following the departure of John Hartley) and the associate headteacher is Polly Lankester.
Saffron Walden County High School

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