head teacher

noun

British
: the person who is in charge of a school

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Annie Sungula, the head teacher at Vera Chiluba Primary School, said the current students in the project have come a long way in a short time. Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025 Mother is aghast when the head teacher expels Alpha. Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 19 May 2025 The head teacher at Bupadhengo Primary School, where her son Henry would have taught, has become the charity’s ambassador in the country, carrying on the legacy. Can't get enough of PEOPLE's Royals coverage? Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024 Authorities had said that 100 children were abducted, while the head teacher put the figure at 287. Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024 The head teacher is an authoritarian caricature, the school is actively unsympathetic of the girl’s menstruation and at another point a student complains that the ethnically Chinese pupils get better marks than the Malays. Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023

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