head teacher
Britishnoun
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"As a head teacher I was seeing, increasingly, a number of young people coming in with very basic literacy skills - some young people who simply couldn't read," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Dr Llinos Jones, head teacher at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin in Carmarthen, said there had been "a substantial amount of change in a relatively short period of time".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
"I never went to university so to become a head teacher or anything like that I'd have to consider that," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Aaron Laws, head teacher at Lacock Primary School, said Parr "obviously got that sense of community and something special" about the village.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
The head teacher, the boss, the supreme commander of this establishment was a formidable middle-aged lady whose name was Miss Trunchbull.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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