diff --git a/fesod-sheet/src/main/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/read/metadata/holder/AbstractReadHolder.java b/fesod-sheet/src/main/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/read/metadata/holder/AbstractReadHolder.java
index f7b58be88..c1b5d3718 100644
--- a/fesod-sheet/src/main/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/read/metadata/holder/AbstractReadHolder.java
+++ b/fesod-sheet/src/main/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/read/metadata/holder/AbstractReadHolder.java
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ public AbstractReadHolder(ReadBasicParameter readBasicParameter, AbstractReadHol
                 } else {
                     this.headRowNumber = 1;
                 }
+            } else if (readBasicParameter.getClazz() != null || readBasicParameter.getHead() != null) {
+                // The sheet declares its own head (class or list), so its row count defines the head rows
+                // for this sheet instead of the workbook-level value.
+                this.headRowNumber = excelReadHeadProperty.hasHead()
+                        ? excelReadHeadProperty.getHeadRowNumber()
+                        : parentAbstractReadHolder.getHeadRowNumber();
             } else {
                 this.headRowNumber = parentAbstractReadHolder.getHeadRowNumber();
             }
diff --git a/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/head/SheetLevelHeadClassTest.java b/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/head/SheetLevelHeadClassTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfcc77d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fesod-sheet/src/test/java/org/apache/fesod/sheet/head/SheetLevelHeadClassTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.fesod.sheet.head;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.apache.fesod.sheet.FesodSheet;
+import org.apache.fesod.sheet.testkit.Tags;
+import org.apache.fesod.sheet.testkit.base.AbstractExcelTest;
+import org.apache.fesod.sheet.testkit.builders.TestDataBuilder;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Supplying the head class on the sheet builder instead of the workbook builder must parse the file identically:
+ * the sheet's own multi-row head defines the head row count, so head rows never leak into the data.
+ */
+@Tag(Tags.READ)
+public class SheetLevelHeadClassTest extends AbstractExcelTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void workbookLevelHeadClassParsesMultiRowHead() throws Exception {
+        File file = writeComplexHeadFile();
+
+        List<ComplexHeadData> rows =
+                FesodSheet.read(file).head(ComplexHeadData.class).sheet().doReadSync();
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals(2, rows.size());
+        Assertions.assertEquals("String4", rows.get(1).getString4());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void sheetLevelHeadClassParsesMultiRowHead() throws Exception {
+        File file = writeComplexHeadFile();
+
+        List<ComplexHeadData> rows =
+                FesodSheet.read(file).sheet().head(ComplexHeadData.class).doReadSync();
+
+        Assertions.assertEquals(2, rows.size(), "the multi-row head must not leak into the data rows");
+        Assertions.assertEquals("String4", rows.get(1).getString4());
+    }
+
+    private File writeComplexHeadFile() throws Exception {
+        File file = createTempFile("sheetLevelHeadClass", org.apache.fesod.sheet.testkit.enums.ExcelFormat.XLSX);
+        FesodSheet.write(file, ComplexHeadData.class).sheet().doWrite(TestDataBuilder.complexHeadData(2));
+        return file;
+    }
+}