Duties and responsibilities
Your duties as a deputy principal
Regulation 19 sets out what a deputy principal in a secondary school does, on top of normal teaching duties.
This page is only in the practice guide for school leaders. It is not part of your guide.
What the law says
- Stand in for the principal when they are away.
- Help the principal run and organise the school and all its activities.
- Advise the principal on academic policy.
- Advise and help the principal on student discipline.
- Prepare the staff duty list.
- Help the principal prepare a timetable for supervising students when the normal timetable is interrupted.
- Oversee all internal and external exam arrangements. This covers the timetable, facilities, checking and storing internal papers, invigilation, and getting answer papers processed on time.
- Carry out any other duties the principal gives you.
If you are a school leader
If you are the principal, these are the duties your deputy carries out with you.
If you are an education officer
This page is from the practice guide for school leaders. It is not in the education officers' guide.
Still not sure?
Find the right person in the Ministry staff directory. Have the details of your situation to hand.
Open the staff directory (opens on mes.gov.bb)The law and policy behind this
Practice Guide for School LeadersSchool leaders' guide, section 3 (regulation 19) · draft of 27 May 2026
Education Regulations, 1982 (Cap. 41)Opens on barbadoslawcourts.gov.bb
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