Assistant Principal Special Education

At Chester Hill Public School we facilitate the achievement of every individual's academic potential in Literacy and Numeracy through our engaging positive and supportive learning environment. We are committed to ensuring that every student is known, valued and cared for and we strive to actively engage the school community through strengthening partnerships.

Chester Hill Public School is committed to providing innovative and enriched teaching and learning experiences. The school has 580 students with 77% coming from non-English speaking backgrounds. We have less than one percent indigenous students. Our 2025 Family Occupation & Education Index (FOEI) is 141. Term 1 of 2026 will see the establishment of our new Support Unit consisting of three Autism (Au) classes.

In addition to the general selection criteria,

• Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with disabilities, including students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, mild intellectual disabilities and additional communication needs.
• Successful experience in building capacity of staff to facilitate whole school professional practices that improve learning and wellbeing outcomes of students with disabilities and/or other complex needs.
• Proven capacity to establish and maintain proactive and supportive partnerships with students, parents, staff within a diverse community.

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.

All Department of Education employees working in an SSP are required to be vaccinated as outlined at Vaccination requirements for school sites ). The successful candidate for this position will be required to confirm vaccination status prior to the department finalising their appointment and entry on duty. Find the department's latest advice on COVID-19 (coronavirus) at

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.