The method of the present invention is capable of highly precisely producing a magnetic head. The method comprises the steps of: forming a pole end part of a magnetic layer, which becomes a magnetic pole and which is formed on a surface of a work piece on which the magnetic head will be formed, into a prescribed shape; coating at least a top part of the magnetic layer with a stopper layer; coating a surface of the work piece, on which the stopper layer has been formed, with an insulating layer, whose polishing rate is higher than that of the stopper layer; polishing the surface of the work piece until the stopper layer, which coats the top part of the magnetic layer, is exposed from the insulating layer; and removing the stopper layer, which has been exposed in a surface of the magnetic layer.