Head Teacher Science - North Sydney Girls High School

Permanent full-time job at North Sydney Girls High School (Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000BBHB
Closing date July 15, 2026, 2 a.m. (AEST)
Location Pacific Hwy, Crows Nest 2065 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Kathryn Spillane
02 9920 6666

About this job

Position Information

North Sydney Girls High School is an academically selective school dedicated to meeting the needs of over 900 highly gifted and high potential students. With a diverse cohort, including 93% of students who speak English as an additional language or dialect, the school’s culture is rooted in its motto Ad Altiora ("towards higher things"), aiming to foster intellectual excellence, resilience and collaborative learner engagement. The school offers a differentiated, conceptually rich curriculum designed specifically to extend high potential and gifted learners through the development of higher-order critical, creative and collaborative thinking skills that empower students to achieve their personal best within a supportive and inclusive learning community.

The Head Teacher Science will lead a faculty committed to the implementation of High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) pedagogies, embedding evidence-based, explicit teaching practices tailored to challenge and support gifted learners at all stages. This role involves stewarding innovative programs that extend inquiry-based learning, critical scientific thinking and rigorous assessment practices aligned with the school’s strategic emphasis on HPGE. The successful candidate will contribute to ongoing strategic directions including enhancing STEM learning, promoting a growth mindset and ensuring that all students are challenged and supported to realise their full potential in science and beyond.

General Selection Criteria
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
Specific Selection Criteria

Applicants must satisfy the teacher training and academic qualification requirements for this position. In addition to the general selection criteria

 

  1. Current approval to teach Science in Year 7-10 and relevant skills and/or experience leading across Chemistry, Physics and Biology in Stage 6.

  2. Demonstrated expertise in High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE), including the capacity to lead and implement differentiated, evidence-based teaching strategies in science that promote intellectual challenge, critical and creative thinking and sustained academic growth for gifted and high potential girls in a selective school environment.
  3. Highly developed collaborative leadership skills in mentoring staff, facilitating targeted professional learning in HPGE pedagogies and fostering a culture of reflective practice that supports continuous improvement in teaching and learning within the science faculty.
  4. Proven ability to actively contribute as a member of the school executive to advance whole-school strategic goals, particularly those supporting gifted and high potential girls, as outlined in the School Excellence Plan. Proven ability to actively contribute as a member of the school executive to advance whole-school strategic goals, particularly those supporting gifted and high potential girls, as outlined in the School Excellence Plan.

 

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

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

 

 

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