Head Teacher Administration

Kirrawee High School, located in the Sutherland Shire, has a strong tradition of excellence in academics, arts, sports, and languages. With almost 60 years of history, the school offers a broad curriculum and co-curricular activities, emphasising music, sports, student leadership, social justice, languages, and public speaking/debating. The school has 1190 enrolments, 90 teaching staff, and 24 non-teaching staff, with 11% of teachers in their early careers. Students come from 33 nationalities, with 7% speaking a language other than English at home and 2% identifying as Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander. The school is proud to host 3 Autism Support Classes. The school enjoys strong community support and focuses on developing students into active global citizens, emphasising critical thinking, independence, and emotional intelligence. The Strategic Improvement Plan aims to maximize student learning outcomes, enhance staff pedagogical skills, and nurture student wellbeing, with a focus on HSC performance and differentiated learning.

Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria, applicants are expected to demonstrate:

• Educational leadership through the effective management of whole-school administrative processes (staff relief, timetabling, examination scheduling, reporting, and variations to routine) to ensure continuity of learning.
• Visibility and proactive leadership, underpinned by highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the proven ability to build trust, collaboration, and staff confidence across the school community.
• Expertise in administrative systems and technologies (including Sentral, School Bytes, Edval, SAP and NESA Schools Online) to support equitable, efficient, and transparent school operations.
• Capacity to drive innovation and continuous improvement in administrative practices, ensuring they evolve to enhance staff wellbeing, organisational effectiveness, and student learning outcomes.

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.

The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here.

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.