Deputy Principal

Narrandera High School is a comprehensive secondary school located in the Riverina region, with an enrolment of approximately 330 students - 30% of whom identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. The school has a proud tradition of academic achievement, sporting success, and cultural excellence.

Narrandera High School offers a range of specialised programs and support services, including an Intervention Centre that promotes inclusive practices and personalised learning, a Clontarf Academy, the Stars Foundation, and an Aboriginal Learning and Engagement Centre (ALEC). Currently, the school operates two multi-categorical classrooms, with a third classroom planned to open in 2026, which will include additional staffing and a Head Teacher position.

Narrandera High School is a successful Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) school, emphasising restorative practices and the development of positive relationships across the school community.

Our school implements a compressed curriculum model for Stage 6 students, enabling students to engage in accelerated learning pathways. Our HSC results demonstrate value-added progress from Year 9 to Year 12, with more than half of our Year 12 graduates receiving offers to study a diverse range of courses at various universities.

Narrandera High School is dedicated to enhancing effective classroom practices through ongoing staff professional learning and collaboration, including active engagement with local school networks. Our professional learning initiatives prioritise the improvement of student literacy and numeracy by employing explicit teaching strategies alongside robust data collection, analysis, and application.

We firmly believe that every student at Narrandera High School will experience measurable progress and sustained learning growth. The school fosters a strong culture of continuous improvement, with the expectation that every student, teacher, and leader will develop and excel each year. Additionally, we are committed to creating a learning environment that nurtures high educational aspirations and sets ambitious expectations. Central to our approach is building effective partnerships with students and parents, ensuring that all students are motivated to achieve their best and pursue ongoing improvement.

In addition to the general selection criteria,

• Demonstrated excellence in communication, along with strong organisational and management capabilities, including the capacity to lead and oversee the complex day-to-day operations of the school.

• Proven ability to strengthen a dynamic and responsive school-wide approach to student wellbeing, attendance and behaviour management processes enabling every student to connect, succeed, and thrive.

• Demonstrated capacity to build authentic connections with students, parents, staff, community and local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group to strengthen productive educational partnerships to enhance the educational, social and cultural outcomes of a diverse range of students across the school setting.

• Proven ability to lead and support staff, students and families effectively with a clear understanding of the principal's role and the confidence to step into this leadership role as required.

1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy

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.

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 ) 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.