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Tell me about your DCs' headteacher

27 replies

purits · 22/12/2011 09:35

Between the two DC, the most recent four headteachers have had as subject-specialisation:
P.E.
P.E.
music
music

What's your experience?

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amerryscot · 22/12/2011 09:37

All three of my DC's headteachers have subject specialisms. Only two of them actually do any teaching.

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purits · 22/12/2011 09:40

Yes, but what subjects do/did they specialise in?

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amerryscot · 22/12/2011 09:43

Physics, Maths, History, iirc.

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purits · 22/12/2011 09:50

Dang. You are going to blow my theory out of the water. Let's wait for a few more replies ...

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PotteringAlong · 22/12/2011 09:52

No DC's at school but DH and I are both teachers and our headteachers are RE and geography specialists

PotteringAlong · 22/12/2011 09:53

No DC's at school but DH and I are both teachers and our headteachers are RE and geography specialists

GreyRosesAreMyFavourite · 22/12/2011 11:29

I know dozens of heads, but never have they been PE or music specialists.

The senior ones I personally know very well are 4xhistory, 2xchemistry, 1xclassics and 1xenglish. I'd say the majority of senior independent heads have a good humanities degree.

WhereTheWildThingsWere · 22/12/2011 11:33

Dd's head, Humanities, Ds's head English.

I also have a good friend who is a head his is History.

webwiz · 22/12/2011 11:44

My DCs head is a music specialist - does that help your theory purits?Smile

Jinsel · 22/12/2011 11:45

DT here

GreyRosesAreMyFavourite · 22/12/2011 11:50

Just to add, dd's head would I guess be counted as a music specialist, as he would have to be really with it being a choir school Wink, but his degree was still in history Grin Overwhelming bias towards history I think!

bigTillyMincepie · 22/12/2011 11:51

Primary -
last one - music
current - no idea, but may be English

Secondary -
maths

I do know of two secondary Heads who were/are PE

What is your theory?

bigTillyMincepie · 22/12/2011 11:52

I'm talking State schools.

WynkenBlynkenandNod · 22/12/2011 11:52

IT for one and being a condescending arse for the other. Appreciate last part of answer doesn't help but it feels very therapeutic to write.

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purits · 22/12/2011 12:04

LOL @ wynken.
My thesis was that some subjects have less non-face-time (less preparation, less marking etc) so that leaves the teacher free to get into administration type things (HoY, senco, G&T) and thus, eventually, up the greasy pole to Headship.
Perhaps what we had was just luck of the draw.

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amerryscot · 22/12/2011 12:16

I wouldn't put music and PE teachers down to having bags of free-time.

coolascucumber · 22/12/2011 12:23

Primary school - her speciality is dance/gymnastics. She is awful. Don't get me started...

nicknamealreadyinuse · 22/12/2011 15:57

I don't know what our HT's official speciality is but it appears that religion is all she cares about. But it is a CofE school to be fair Grin so I suppose I can't complain.

vixsatis · 22/12/2011 15:58

Rather handsome historian

webwiz · 22/12/2011 16:05

For primary school the head was an RE specialist (helpful for a faith school). I have no idea what the specialism was for the school that we withdrew DS from - being ineffectual and scared of bullies parents probably.

wordfactory · 22/12/2011 16:36

One is RE, the other is History.

etJeviensEntretesReindeers · 22/12/2011 16:40

Not a CLUE. I really have no idea at all. (primary) I don't actually think she knows anything tbh.

At my secondary, he was an English teacher.

insanityscratching · 22/12/2011 17:06

English at this one maths at the last one.

stealthsquiggle · 22/12/2011 17:12

Latin & History, I think Grin

TalkinPeace2 · 22/12/2011 17:34

primary was english / music
secondary is re