Pro practiceHead Teacher (Primary School) practice interview
Leading teaching, pupil progress, safeguarding, staff development and relationships with primary school families. 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
This interview is for the senior leader accountable for teaching, safety, staff performance and the daily experience of pupils in a primary school. The panel wants sound educational judgement, visible leadership and evidence that you can improve outcomes while retaining the trust of families and staff.
How to prepare
- Review how you have used assessment, observation and pupil work to improve teaching.
- Prepare an example of addressing weak staff performance with both support and clear expectations.
- Rehearse the steps you take when a safeguarding concern is disclosed.
- Think through how you set priorities when several parts of a school need attention.
- Choose an example of explaining an unpopular decision to families or governors.
Common mistakes
- Describing school leadership as administration rather than improvement in teaching and learning.
- Offering informal solutions to safeguarding concerns instead of following reporting procedures.
- Claiming success without explaining the evidence used to judge progress.
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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