superhead
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]superhead (plural superheads)
- (informal, UK, education) A specialist headteacher sent, by government or other authority, to reorganise and improve a school that is perceived to be failing.
- 2009 March 22, Amelia Hill, “Manners matter more than grades, say parents”, in The Observer[1]:
- They want regular emails, not league tables, and the right to call a teacher, not a new superhead.