Principal Community of Schools

Permanent full-time job at Newcastle Senior School (Waratah, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)

Job Reference 0000B07A

Closing date August 13, 2025, 2 a.m. (AEST)

Location Harriet St, Waratah 2298 NSW, Australia

Type Full-Time

Status Permanent

Contact Petina Bulmer

02 9469 2778

About This Job

Position Information

The Newcastle School (SSP) was established at the beginning of 2012 and is made up of three school sites: Newcastle Junior School (P2), current enrolment of 63, supporting pre-school to Year 4 students through transition from early childhood to primary years, Newcastle Middle School (P1), current enrolment of 45, supporting Year 5 to Year 8 students through early adolescence, and Newcastle Senior School (P2), current enrolment of 38, supporting Year 9 to Year 12 students for post-school life. The three sites contribute to the student learning journey through effective transitioning for successful adult life.

Newcastle School provides the best educational outcomes and creates educational pathways for students with a moderate to severe intellectual disability or multiple disabilities. With a clear focus on quality of life outcomes, the Newcastle School negotiates individual learning plans with parents/carers of each student. As all students are preparing for their next stage and place of learning, each individual learning plan outlines a student's personal goals. The Newcastle School model enables external agencies to more effectively support students, their parent/carer and the school, while working collaboratively with the school leadership team.

The Newcastle School principal (P3) has leadership and management responsibilities across three sites – Newcastle Junior School, Newcastle Middle School, Newcastle Senior School and establishing the school as a centre of expertise.

The Newcastle School principal leads the school leadership team that includes the three site principals, each with designated responsibility for one site. This model provides consistent leadership and management across three sites in relation to strategic planning, professional learning, teaching and learning, programming, assessment and reporting and health care. Service delivery is enhanced by allowing staff to concentrate on stage/age appropriate curriculum in an age appropriate teaching and learning environment. The Newcastle School principal plays a significant role in building capacity of all executive across the three sites.

General Selection Criteria

• High level educational leadership with the skills to lead and manage a complex public school focused on the delivery of high quality education
• Ability to lead and manage rigorous and inclusive whole school teaching and learning programs
• High level communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build positive relationships and engage all levels of the school and educational community
• Ability to lead and manage the development and performance of staff to improve teaching and learning
• Ability to plan systems and manage resources effectively and equitably to enhance teaching and learning
• Capacity to lead staff in implementing the Department's Aboriginal education policy and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people
  
  

Specific Selection Criteria

Approval to teach. In addition to the general selection criteria,

• Demonstrated educational leadership and management skills. and qualifications in special education, to achieve continuous improvement through innovation and change management.
• Proven ability to lead and promote a shared vision for Newcastle School (3 sites) and to deliver a culture of high expectations and consistency in practices through professional learning, transition, assessment and reporting.
• Proven capacity to enhance collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders and a wide range of external agencies to improve individual student learning, wellbeing and post-school outcomes.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead and embed culturally safe and responsive practices that affirm Aboriginal identity, foster a sense of belonging, and ensure inclusive, strength-based learning environments for Aboriginal students, families, staff, and community in a complex SSP setting.
  
  

Conditions

An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.

Special Notes

Classification Structure For Principals

The Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2020 details the new principal classification structure based on complexity of schools which commenced in 2016. Please view information on the Classification structure for Principals at https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/careers-at-education/salary-and-benefits/salary-and-awards/awards-and-determinations/teachers-award-initiatives#Principal2

The principal classification for this position is Principal Level P3 for 2025.

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.

About The NSW Department Of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion

New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.
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