A head teacher, head instructor, bureaucrat, headmaster, headmistress, head, chancellor, principal or school director is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management of the school.

What is difference between principal and headmaster?

Answer: They are the same thing: the head of a school. ... In the U.S., a "principal" tends to be the chief administrator of a public (that is, state-supported) school, while a "headmaster" or "headmistress" has the same function at a private school.

What is meant by headmaster?

: a man heading the staff of a private school : principal.