GSCAPAHS features a Support Unit comprising seven classes catering to students with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities and Autism. Additionally, it offers a selective Creative and Performing Arts stream, reflecting its unique focus since becoming partially selective in 2012.
Students audition for placement in specialist arts disciplines including dance (with styles such as Asian, Middle Eastern, contemporary and Pasifika), drama, music, visual arts, photography and drumming. These students participate in four hours per cycle of extension workshops and ensembles from Years 7 to 12, with ensemble students accounting for approximately 15-20% of the total enrolment. Ensemble members regularly engage in competitions, festivals and school events, culminating each year in a high-profile performance at prestigious venues such as the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Olympic Park, and Campbelltown Performing Arts Centre, showcasing the vibrant and diverse talents of the school's students.
The school works closely with Holroyd and Chester Hill Intensive English Centres (IECs), facilitating smooth transitions for students from diverse linguistic backgrounds into mainstream education.
For 2025, the school's FOIE count is 205. The budget allocation includes equity funding targeted towards Socio-Economic Background, English Language Proficiency and Low-Level Adjustment for Disability.
GSCAPAHS is an active participant in the Educational Pathways Program (EPP), which introduces students to a variety of vocational training and employment pathways. Program offerings include the TAFE YES+ Program, Job Readiness Workshops, and the Apprenticeships and Traineeships Head Start initiative. The school provides a broad range of Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses to enable students to attain qualifications by the completion of Year 12.
The school's extensive community partnerships enhance its programs and student support services. These partnerships include the Granville Multicultural Community Centre, the Australian Business and Community Network (ABCN), Cumberland Council, Pasifika Achievement to Higher Education (PATHE), AusSIP, The Smith Family, Community Migrant Resource Centre, PCYC, Granville TAFE, University of New South Wales and Western Sydney University.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approval to teach Legal Studies.
- Ability to plan, implement and evaluate quality teaching and learning programs.
- Capacity to incorporate engaging and challenging differentiated teaching strategies to meet diverse student learning needs.
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to work collaboratively and contribute to a dynamic faculty.
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 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.
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.
If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department's policy here: Salary determination.
