A brief delve into Edubase this week revealed a couple of interesting statistics. School leaders are most likely to be called Sarah or David but you have little chance of accurately guessing their actual job title.
This is because there are over 150 different job titles listed in the DfE’s online database. OK, so some of these are due to spelling errors and inconsistent abbreviation of identical roles, but the list genuinely runs from A to Z:
Academic & Pastoral Principal
Academy Director
Academy Head
Academy Headteacher
Academy Lead
Academy Principal
Acting Co-Headteacher
Acting Collegiate Director
Acting Executive Head Teacher
Acting Executive Headteacher
Acting Head
Acting Head of Academy
Acting Head of Education
Acting Head of Juniors
Acting Head of School
Acting Head Teacher
Acting Head Teacher(S)
Acting Head Teachers
Acting Headmaster
Acting Headmistress
Acting Headteacher
Acting- Headteacher
Acting Headteachers
Acting Headtecher
Acting Principal
Acting Principal & Ceo
Acting School Leader
Acting Vice-Chancellor
Acting-Headteacher
Administrator
Area Headteacher
Assistant Director of Education
Assistant Head Teacher
Associate Head
Associate Head Teacher
Associate Headteacher
Associate Principal
Associate Principle
Campus Coordinator
Campus Principal
Centre Director
Centre Manager
CEO
CEO /Executive Headteacher
CEO and Principal
CEO of Southern Academy Trust
CEO/Executive Principal
Chair of College of Teachers
Chair of SMT
Chair of the College of Teachers
Chief Executive
Chief Executive & Principal
Chief Executive and Principal
Chief Executive Heartlands Community Trust
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer – Headteacher
Chief Executive Officer/Executive Head
Chief Executive Officer/Executive Headteacher
Chief Executive/General Secretary
Chief Master
Co – Headteacher
Co Acting Headteacher
Co Head Teacher
Co Headship
Co Headteacher
Co Principal
Co- Principals
Co-Acting Headteacher
Co-Head
Co-Head of School
Co-Head Teacher
Co-Head Teacher, Wsx Alternative Provision College
Co-Heads
Co-Headteacher
Coheadteachers
Co-Headteachers
Co-Interim Principal
College of Teachers
Consultant Headteacher
Consultant Principal
Consulting Headteacher
Coordinator
Co-ordinator
Co-Principal
County Headteacher
Curriculum Lead
Dean
Dean of Students and Director
Deputy Education Manager
Deputy Headteacher
Deputy Headteacher, NRC Primary
Director
Director for Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Director of Care and Education
Director of Education
Director of Education and Care Services
Director of Learning
Director of Operations
Director of Primaries
Director of Sixth Form
Education Coordinator
Education Co-Ordinator
Education Director
Education Director – Care 4 Children
Education Manager
Ex Principal
Excecutive Headteacher
Exceutive Headteacher
Exec Headteacher
Exectutive Head
Exectuvie Headteacher
Executive
Executive Headteacher
Executive Director
Executive Head
Executive Head of Centre
Executive Head of School
Executive Head Teacher
Executive Headmaster
Executive Headmistress
Executive Headteacher
Executive Headteacher SLCF
Executive Headteacher/CEO
Executive Interim Headteacher
Executive Principal
Executive Principle
Executive Prinicpal
Executuve Director
Exexutive Headteacher
Federation Co-Headteacher
Federation Head Teacher
Federation Headteacher
Federation Principal
Federation Strategic Leader
Founder/Managing Director
Gallagher
General Director
General Manager
Group Principal & CEO
Head
Head Learner
Head Master
Head Mistress
Head of Academy
Head of Alternative Provision
Head of Centre
Head of Coleridge
Head of College
Head of Education
Head of Federation
Head of ISC
Head of Learning
Head of Lifestyles and Work
Head of Lincroft School
Head of Lower School
Head of Nursery
Head of Primary Phase
Head of School
Head of School and College
Head of School, Waterwells
Head of Senior School
Head of Service
Head of Short Stay School
Head of Sixth Form
Head of Teaching & Learning
Head of Teaching and Learning
Head of Thornton College
Head of Unit
Head Teacher
Head Teacher (Acting)
Head Teacher Designate
Head Teacher/Head of Centre
Head Teacher/Pastoral Leader
Head Techer
Headmaster
Headmaster and Executive Headteacher
Headmistress
Heads of School
Headteacher
Headteacher & CEO
Headteacher & CEO of MAT
Headteacher (A)
Headteacher (Acting)
Headteacher (Alternative Ph: 01256 393121)
Headteacher (Interim)
Headteacher (Jobshare)
Headteacher (School On Two Sites)
Headteacher Designate
Headteacher EOTAS
Headteacher of the Federation
Headteacher, National Leader of Education
Headteacher, Npqh
Headteacher/ National Leader of Education
Headteacher/Ceo
Headteacher/Head of Centre
Headteacher/Head of Federation
Headteacher-Headof Centre
Headteacherprus
Headteachers
Headtecaher
Heateacher
High Master
Infant Headteacher
Interim Headteacher
Interim CEO
Interim Exec Headteacher
Interim Executive Head Teacher
Interim Executive Headeacher
Interim Executive Headteacher
Interim Executive Principal
Interim Head
Interim Head of School
Interim Head Teacher
Interim Headteacher
Interim Leader
Interim Principal
Interim School Manager
Intertim Acting Headteacher
Joint Acting Headteacher
Joint Acting Headteachers
Joint CEO
Joint Head Teacher
Joint Heads
Joint Headteacher
Joint Headteachers
Joint Interim Headteacher
Lead Principal
Lead Teacher
Management
Manager
Managing Director
Master
Officer In Charge
Operations Manager
Pa To Ceo of Wwpat
Partner Headteacher
Partnership Headteacher
Prijncipal
Primary Headteacher
Primary Principal
Principal
Principal & Ceo
Principal & Cex
Principal & Chief Exec
Principal & Chief Executive
Principal & Chief Executive Officer
Principal & Head of Secondary
Principal & Chief Executive
Principal (Interim)
Principal / Ceo
Principal / Chief Executive
Principal and CEO
Principal and Chief Executive
Principal and Chief Executive Officer
Principal Designate
Principal Head
Principal Support Intervention Officer
Principal(Interim)
Principal/Chief Executive
Principle
Prinicipal
Prinicpal
Professor
Project Lead for Supported Employment
Project Manager
Proprietor
Regional Head Southwest Include
School Administrator
School Business Manager
School Director
School Leader
School Manager
School Principal
Senior Head of Centre
Senior Principal
Senior Teacher
Service Manager
Srategic Head
Stautory Head Teacher
Strategic Lead
Teacher Co-Ordinator
Teacher In Charge
Tef Principal
Transition Principal & Chief Executive
Trust Principal
Vacancy: Lead Teacher
Vice Chancellor
Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive
Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer
Vice Principal
Vice Principals
Vice-Chancellor
Warden
Zone Manager