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head teacher

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noun

  1. a teacher responsible for running a school

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The prime minister has apologised to a head teacher after leading primary school children in a version of the viral 6-7 dance meme.

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In a recent newsletter, the head teacher said temperatures in the main school building are comfortable at the moment so children do not need to wear extra layers for the time being.

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Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson, head teacher at Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham, said it was "heartbreaking" to see her pupils struggling to get through the reading paper.

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Pupils put themselves "under immense pressure" to do well in them and it has a "negative impact" on their mental health and wellbeing, the head teacher added.

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A head teacher in Cheshire wrote to her MP calling for Sats to be scrapped after her primary school pupils were left "broken".

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