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- noun The most senior teacher in a school.
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Examples
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The headteacher was a snob – I remember coming late to school because I had a paper round, and he caned me for that.
John Humphrys: 'Let headteachers get on with improving schools' 2010
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The tabloids picked up on one of the teachers saying to his class at the end of a lesson, "Clear off scumbags" and criticised Drew for calling the headteacher a "bugger" in one of the show's funniest scenes, Goddard hid behind a door and jumped out to surprise his deputy.
The Guardian World News Emine Saner 2011
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It's down to the perception that many people have that a headteacher is a white male in a secondary school and a white female in a primary school.
The Guardian World News Jessica Shepherd 2011
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"The ease with which schools can recruit a headteacher is a key measure of the health of the profession," he said.
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The 'old school 'headteacher's' Bach to basics 'regime has seen bad behaviour more than halve since he introduced two-hour detentions featuring the likes of Handel, Verdi or Mozart.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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As the headteacher describes, the staff were empowered to think creatively about how they delivered the curriculum.
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Michael Gove shows, through his comparison of the academy programme with council house sales, the political objective of breaking up a public service – and the headteacher of Hele's school explains the economics behind this political objective when he points out that "what the government has done is create a £2bn market" in education services.
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As a leaving present for her pupils, and with the approval of the headteacher, Rustamova, 40, had several copies of the book, Stop!
Leonora Rustamova: I taught my pupils to enjoy books – and got fired 2011
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Jason O'Rourke, the headteacher, says the success is largely due to Jonothan Moody, the teacher who got everyone involved.
Bike to school – kids like it, and so would you | Laura Laker 2011
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In truth, taking on Sandamhor as a family enterprise would be an impossibility without my mother's salary as a headteacher on a neighbouring island.
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