Pro practiceHead of Sixth Form practice interview
Post-16 academic leadership, student welfare, attendance, progression guidance, tutor development and an ambitious sixth-form culture. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- Lead
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
The Head of Sixth Form combines academic leadership, pastoral responsibility and guidance for students' next steps. The panel will expect balanced judgement, confident use of evidence, credible safeguarding practice and a clear approach to leading tutors and subject staff.
How to prepare
- Prepare an example of how you identified and addressed underperformance across more than one subject.
- Review how attendance, assessment, wellbeing and destination evidence can be considered together.
- Think through a safeguarding response when an older student asks for secrecy.
- Plan a progression programme that supports university, training and employment routes fairly.
- Prepare to explain how you would develop an effective sixth-form tutor team.
Common mistakes
- Treating predicted grades as firm evidence without checking current work.
- Focusing only on university applications and overlooking other credible routes.
- Assuming older students need less safeguarding or pastoral oversight.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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