Teacher - Lake Heights Public School

Permanent

full-time

job at Lake Heights Public School (Lake Heights, New South Wales, Australia)

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

Job Reference 0000B4B6

Closing date December 3, 2025

(AEST)

Location Northcliffe Drive, Lake Heights 2502 NSW, Australia

Type

Full-Time

Status

Permanent

Contact Kieren Corbyn

02 42741740

About this job

Position Information

Lake Heights Public School is situated on the northern tip of Lake Illawarra. In 2026, it will have an anticipated enrolment of approximately 150 students. In 2027, Lake Heights Public School will open a new public preschool, as part of the NSW Government’s commitment to deliver 100 new public preschools. Currently, 20% of the student body identifies as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and 25% have English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D). Students come from a wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds. As a school, Lake Heights Public School is committed to the pursuit of excellence through high quality, explicit teaching in an environment where positive relationships and high expectations underpin all aspects of school culture.

The school is situated on Dharawal land and is an active member of the Juborsay Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) and the Warrawong Community of Schools.

For further information regarding the school please see the school website at https://lakeheight-p.schools.nsw.gov.au  

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach K-6, with demonstrated ability to design and deliver high-quality, evidence-based teaching programs that build foundational literacy and numeracy skills through explicit teaching strategies, differentiated to meet the diverse learning needs of all students.
• Commitment to whole school wellbeing programs that contribute to a positive and inclusive school culture, with a strong emphasis on implementing effective classroom practice and behaviour management strategies for students with additional needs.
• Highly developed communication, interpersonal and organisational skills, with the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, building positive relationships with students, staff and the community.
• Demonstrated capacity to coordinate and deliver extra-curricular programs throughout the school, contributing positively to a strong school culture.

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

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.