Head Teacher Special Education - Kempsey High School

Permanent

full-time

job at Kempsey High School (Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia)

recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)

Job Reference 0000AXQ5

Closing date December 3, 2025

(AEST)

Location Broughton St, Kempsey 2440 NSW, Australia

Type

Full-Time

Status

Permanent

Contact Leanne Lesic

02 6562 6166

About this job

Position Information

Kempsey High School (KHS) is built on the lands of the Dunghutti people and has an enrolment of 570 students including 46% Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students.

It is a comprehensive high school (7-12), engaged in several initiatives to support students from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander backgrounds and for students from low socio-economic status communities. Kempsey High School became a Connected Communities High School in 2021.

The school has an ICSEA (Index of Community Socio-Economic Advantage) of 854 and a FOEI (Family Occupation and Education Index) of 151.

More information about the school can be found here.

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,

• Approval to teach Special Education and promote inclusion across the school with a demonstrated ability to inspire and lead a faculty to create a High Expectations culture that improves student levels of engagement in school life and fosters a sense of belonging.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead a faculty in using collaborative practices to implement a broad range of engaging learning experiences to a diverse 7 class support unit of students in Year 7-12.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead staff in collaborative planning with all stakeholders to develop, implement and review Personalised Learning and Support Plans to meet the diverse needs of students with a disability, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students whilst maximising student growth and engagement.
• Ability to lead and support staff in developing effective classroom and behaviour management skills, wellbeing practices including trauma-informed positive education strategies to cater for a diverse range of students including those with complex needs.

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 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.