Position Information
The Hills Sports High School (THSHS) is a comprehensive coeducational Years 7-12 school with an elite sporting stream and a total enrolment of approximately 950 students, 7% from Aboriginal background and 20% require some level of EALD (English as an additional dialect) support.
The school, located in Sydney's North Western Area at Seven Hills, caters for both local students and those enrolled in the Talented Sports Program (TSP).
It is committed to a learning culture that values academic and sporting excellence.
A support unit caters for a total of 56 students.
Extensive partnerships exist with community organisations and associations.
The Hills Sports High School is one of eight specialist high schools in NSW.
A highly competitive application process for talented sports students is used to select potential students to the school as demand for limited positions is high.
The school was officially recognised by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) as an Olympic Pathway School in ****.
The school also has active partnerships with the NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and Western Sydney Academy of Sport (WSAS).
Please visit the school website
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for additional information.
Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach PDHPE, Dance, Community and Family Studies (CAFS) and Sport, Lifestyle and Recreation (SLR) with a comprehensive knowledge of the PDHPE and Dance curriculum and assessment across all Stages.
2. Demonstrated ability to deliver inclusive, high-quality PDHPE and Dance programs that engage diverse learners and extend high potential and gifted students.
3.



Strong interpersonal skills and the initiative to drive a growing program that promotes student success, opportunity and wellbeing.
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, neurodiverse people and people with disability.
If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above.
For more information, visit
NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide transparent 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.

📌 Teacher Personal Development, Health & Physical Education - The Hills Sports High School (Australia)
🏢 Nsw Government
📍 Australia