A head teacher brought in to bring about the improvement of a failing or underperforming school.
a superhead turned around the fortunes of the primary school
Example sentencesExamples
- The government's favourite superhead seems stumped when I ask him what measures are being taken to assist and encourage the girls.
- A Yorkshire 'superhead' says an examination board is robbing students of the grades they deserve following the controversy over GCSE results.
- The governors want a new 'super head' to help the school climb away from the foot of the performance league table.
- A 'superhead' who fiddled attendance records and SATs scores has been struck off the teaching register.
- Governors can pay extra to attract "super heads" but only a small minority earn more than £100,000.
- The £85,000-a-year superhead brought in to turn around a school named as one of Britain's worst admitted: "It has to succeed for the sake of the pupils."
- The school had a new superhead and reported an eight per cent increase in the number of pupils getting five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C.
- A flagship "fresh start" school relaunched under a "superhead" had the worst truancy rate in England.
- The "superhead" was lured out of retirement to turn around the infamous London secondary school.
- The school headteacher has been suspended and a new 'superhead' appointed after Ofsted inspectors revealed a catalogue of safeguarding concerns.