head teacher

British

noun

a teacher responsible for running a school

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It contains measures to tackle the recruitment and retention of teachers, for example, by improving maternity pay and introducing financial incentives for head teachers.

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Claire Robertson, head teacher of Cherry Fields Primary School in Banbury, said mainstream schools like hers "have a duty to be as inclusive as we can".

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Assembly was planned for the afternoon, she explained, as the head teacher planned to warn children about dangers during the half-term holiday.

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The head teacher of a County Armagh school has confirmed that children involved in a bus crash in Belleeks are safe and have been collected by their parents.

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An upcoming Peppa Pig episode in which George gets a hearing aid could help to "remove some stigma" around hearing loss, the head teacher of a prominent school for deaf children said.

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