Schoolmaster

The usage first occurred in England in the Late Middle Ages and early modern period.

The term "headmaster" also survives in some American and Commonwealth independent schools.

A range of other terms is derived from "schoolmaster" and "headmaster", including deputy headmaster (the second most senior teacher), senior master and second master (both used in some independent schools instead of deputy headmaster), and housemaster, the schoolmaster in charge of a boarding school house).

[3] Some independent schools use other titles for the head of the teaching staff, including "High Master" and "Rector".

Roger Ascham's book The Scholemaster Or a Plaine and Perfite Way of Teachyng Children, to Understand, Write and Speake the Latin Tong was published in 1570.