The phrase "a head of school" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the principal or leader of a school, often in the context of educational institutions.
Example: "The head of school announced new policies to improve student engagement and academic performance."
Alternatives: "school principal" or "headmaster/headmistress".
Growing up, Dr. Fernandez did not envision a future as a head of school.
"I couldn't see the difference between my role as a deputy head and being a head of school," she says.
In the 13th century, a head of school became a spiritual tutor to the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan, a grandson and eventual successor to the conqueror Genghis Khan.
Though its doors will not open for a year, Greenwich Village High has already hired a head of school, a dean and a director of development.
There is a danger, however, that the new, more senior post of executive headteacher – where heads may have responsibility for multiple schools, helped by a head of school in each – will fail to attract the best school leaders.
He went on to run the three as a federation, appointing a head of school in each primary, but leading the standards-raising agenda himself in all three.
"It is perfectly clear to me, as a head of schools for 20 years, that parents will pay more heed to the well-being tables than to the exam league tables.
On Friday, he said, "a head of the school told me that if I keep saying to the international media that this is a political case, not an academic one, then my situation will become even worse".
Many a head of district school facilities has written off an old building in favor of a shiny new one.
The Brearley School, an all-girls private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, named a new head of school on Wednesday, capping a six-month search that involved 100 candidates.
Many schools tried to improve teaching while still struggling with badly behaving students, operating across a number of sites or having a poor head of school in charge.
