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Location Profile

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Altona North Primary School (ANPS) is located in the city of Hobsons Bay approximately 15 kilometres from the Melbourne Central Business District. The school was founded in 1965, and the school community celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2025.

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The school grounds include an indoor multi-purpose facility for performing arts and indoor sports and two main buildings housing classrooms, a library, visual arts room, computer lab, administrative offices and staff facilities. The grounds include a grassed oval, asphalt courts for major and minor games, 2 adventure playgrounds, a vegetable garden and passive play spaces. Our new extension to Block B building was constructed and completed in 2021 and caters for six classrooms, Computer lab and open learning areas.

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The staffing profile of Altona North Primary School includes a principal and assistant principal, 16 teachers, 6 Educations Support staff (ESS) at .8 time fraction, 1 ESS at .64 time fraction staff and two office administration staff.

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The school provides a Foundation to Year 6 learning program based on the Victorian Curriculum 2.0 which is used to plan for the differing needs of students. It offers Auslan as the Language Other Than English (LOTE) and specialist classes including Physical Education, Visual Arts, Music & Performing Arts & ICT.

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The school successfully went through the school review process in 2025, and our new 2025-2029 Strategic Plan continues to focus on improving outcomes in numeracy, literacy and well-being.

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This year's Student Family Education (SFO) is 0.6406 and the Student Family Occupation Education (SFOE) is 0.4712. The school has a current enrolment of 215 students from18 different family language backgrounds,



including English.

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At ANPS we cater for a diverse range of cultures through close community relationships, a strong differential curriculum and a holistic approach to each students¿ social/emotional/physical welfare and learning needs. The students are organised into an appropriate grade structure, determined with reference to Victorian Curriculum levels, school needs and student enrolments. ANPS provides a teaching and learning environment that engages, inspires, and challenges students and the wider school community to be "the best they can be", based on our school values of Respect, Excellence, Acceptance, Community & Honesty (R.E.A.C.H).

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ANPS nurtures and supports all students in becoming creative, resilient, lifelong learners who make positive contributions to local and global communities.

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ANPS provides a Wellbeing program supported by our Inclusion / Welfare Coordinator, Mental Health Leading Teacher and a school youth worker.

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Our Leading

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Teacher (small group intervention leader) and our Learning Specialist Teacher (teaching and learning mentor and coach) support students with their learning through small group work and through mentoring and coaching of teachers in Skilled Learning Communities (PLCs) and within the classroom.

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The Leading

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Teachers and the Learning Specialist are released part time from the classroom to support students with their learning and well-being, and teachers and ESS with coaching and mentoring.

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Selection Criteria

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(a) Vision and values

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Demonstrated capacity to create a shared vision, define and gain acceptance of school goals and set and communicate expectations for effective performance.

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(b) Teaching and Learning

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Demonstrated ability to manage the quality of teaching and create a positive culture of challenge, support and collaboration.

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(c) Improvement, Innovation and Change

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Demonstrated capacity to produce and implement clear, evidence-based improvement plans and policies and lead innovation and change.

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(d) Management

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Demonstrated capacity to ensure that the school's human, physical and financial resources are efficiently allocated and managed.

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(e) Development

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Demonstrated capacity to create a professional learning community that is focused on the continuous improvement of teaching and learning, supporting all staff to achieve high standards and commitment to their own learning and wellbeing.

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(f) Engagement

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Demonstrated capacity to develop positive relationships with students, parents/families and the local community and participate in and contribute to system-level activities.

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(g) Community Criterion

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Demonstrated ability to lead a multi-cultural Primary School that values diversity and inclusion within a culture of support and empathy.

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Role The role of the principal is to lead and manage the planning, delivery, evaluation and improvement of the education of all students in a communi

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📌 Principal-Range 3 (City of Hobsons Bay)
🏢 Department of Education Victoria
📍 City of Hobsons Bay