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head teacher

British  

noun

  1. a teacher responsible for running a school

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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