Guidance

Headteachers' standards

Best-practice standards for headteachers.

From:
Department for Education
Published
19 January 2015
Last updated
13 October 2020 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England

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Headteachers' standards 2020

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These standards are for:

  • headteachers
  • governing boards
  • people planning to become headteachers

They articulate how headteachers can meet both the additional responsibilities of headship and the requirements of the teachers鈥� standards.

The headteachers鈥� standards are intended as guidance to be interpreted in the context of each individual headteacher and school (including maintained schools, academies and independent schools).

Headteachers鈥� standards: report of the review was published in 2020.

Updates to this page

Published 19 January 2015
Last updated 13 October 2020 show all updates

  1. Revised headteachers' standards 2020 and headteachers' standards: report of the review published.

  2. First published.

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