Gender and headship in the twenty-first century

Table 2: Age groups of secondary headteachers %

In the primary sector, there is little difference between the sexes in age, but men and
women tend to be appointed younger than in secondary schools (see Table 3).
About ten per cent of primary heads are 40 or under, compared to only two per cent
in the secondary sector.

Table 3: Age groups of primary headteachers %

Qualifications

There are only very minor differences between men and women headteachers in
terms of their qualifications. Men and women secondary heads are equally well
qualified with 60 per cent having a BA or BSc and about a quarter a BEd. Just over
half have a Master's degree - 52 per cent of the women and 50 per cent of the men
(see Table 4). There is quite a change here from the previous surveys when men
were ten per cent more likely to have a Master's degree than women.

Of the primary heads, half had a Certificate of Education and about a quarter a BA or
BSc (slightly more men than women) and the rest a BEd.

Only 18 of all the respondents had either a PhD or Ed D and they were spread
across phase and gender.

Table 4: Qualifications of headteachers %

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