Primary Schools in England are claiming to find it difficult to appoint new Head Teachers.?

Question

Is it therefore time we started to appoint successful managers from other industries to manage schools?

Answer 1

Head teachers need to understand the children so you really need qualified people. But, if you trained these managers it would be great - but would they want to go from Big Business to primary schools?

Answer 2

I bet Primary Schools in the private sector in England are not experiencing the same troubles in appointing new Head Teachers?

Answer 3

Maybe part of the problem is that the compensation package for a head teacher. It could be that for a whole lot of added responsibility and work, the compensation is just slightly better than a kick to the head. Where I teach the department head, does a lot more work outside of class and only gets $5000 (about $25 for each working day) more a year. The only advantage to being a department head is that it is a stepping stone to being a pricipal (Head master/mistress).

Answer 4

Yes because that worked in the NHS didn't it - don't they have more managers for more departments than they do nurses and doctors???

Maybe if Headteachers were appreciated, supported and given the financial rewards of the private sector we would have more!

How many private sector managers would run a company with 190+ people under them for £40k+ a year - benefits - free red pen oh and everyone thinks you have 13 weeks holiday and mock you when you try to tell them you don't!

Answer 5

No wonder with the paperwork and crap they have to put up with, and managers would just add to that, Schools are just geared up to attain targets not educate the curious child.

Answer 6

Import them from Bangalore. You taught them English some time back, remember?

Answer 7

What a daft idea.