Private sector reg's

[MrsSheeen]

Can a teacher in their first year of teaching be appointed as Head teacher in a private school? Does it breach any regulations?

Private schools may hire people to teach without formal qualified teacher status. So they might choose to appoint someone as head teacher who does not have QTS.

That would be ok if the person had previous teacing experience, but this person is in his first year of primary teaching.

What are you trying to tell us OP- do you know this to be true?

You obviously object, but are you involved; do your DCs go to the school?

What skills do you need to be a head teacher? Many don't teach or have little teaching commitments. You need to be able to manage staff effectively, implement change effectively, meet the requirements expected by ISI and ofstead (if your boarding), manage parents (a difficult job!) care for the children, be a decision maker and know how and when to delegate how to listen to others views and what to take on. You need to be good at publicity happy to press the flesh of many in the hope of recruiting more children, a photographic memory for faces and also some information about each child so that when your collared by a worried parents you can 1. recognise them and 2. at least look like its not all news to you so on that basis you need to be a good actor as well! You need to be a diplomat rather than "Johny is as thick as a plank" or "you want to send where?" (choking on his coffee) you need to be able to sincerely say "Johny a lovely boy and I know you keen on .... and of course I understand as you and every male relative for the last 500 yrs has gone there but have you looked ... which is a lovely school and smaller you know it might be a good fall back."
Many teachers of course have these skills but so do others. I agree it sound like he lacks experience but may be he has a whole raft of other very essential skills that are unknown to you! Frankly I wouldn't touch the job with a barge pole.

Individual schools have their own rules and vary widely depending on whether they are private company owned by an individual or a charity with a board of goveners. There are two schools close to us owned by private individuals who are also the head teachers who prior to setting up there schools had not teaching experience or training.

They can do what they want on this, but guess it depends what the parents and prospective parents think.