Position Information

Barramurra Public School serves a rapidly growing multicultural community of 1240 students with 62% of our students having a language background other than English. 3% of our students identify as Aboriginal and our students come from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds. Barramurra Public School has 4 support classes catering for students with a moderate intellectual disability and autism. The school encourages a holistic and inclusive approach, supported by strong student wellbeing programs. Barramurra Public School has established strong relationships with the community and provides a range of extracurricular activities in sport, science, technology, and creative and performing arts, which enable all students the opportunity to excel through a range of experiences in an equitable and outstanding learning environment.

Barramurra Public

School has an emphasis on delivering targeted, differentiated, evidence-informed practices including explicit teaching, effective feedback and systematic data analysis underpinned by high expectations and ongoing high impact professional learning for all staff.

Selection Criteria

In addition to the general selection criteria, approval to teach special education and extensive experience teaching students with Autism, Intellectual Disabilities (moderate) and supporting complex learning needs including communication, wellbeing and challenging behaviour. Demonstrated capacity to effectively lead a support unit and manage the dual roles of Assistant Principal and exemplary classroom teacher with an extensive and deep knowledge of curriculum differentiation, student centred teaching and the development of high quality individual educational learning programs.

Proven ability to provide highly visible,



inclusive and collaborative leadership to build the capacity of all staff and work with the school leadership team to facilitate whole school practices which improve the learning and wellbeing outcomes of all students across the school.

Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the proven capacity to initiate, nurture and sustain team-oriented connections and partnerships with staff, families and the wider school community.

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

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. All Department of Education employees working in an SSP are required to be vaccinated as outlined at Vaccination requirements for school sites (nsw.gov.au).



The successful candidate for this position will be required to confirm vaccination status prior to the department finalising their appointment and entry on duty. Find the department’s latest advice on COVID-19 (coronavirus) at https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19.

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.

How to Apply

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.

For technical support please contact School Recruitment Support at 1300 863 694.

Application contact details

If you have questions or would like to learn more about this role, please reach out to the contact below:

Contact

Chad Lindsay 4645 3800

Application close date

21 October 2026 at 4:00pm

📌 Assistant Principal Special Education - Barramurra Public School (Sydney)
🏢 Nsw Government
📍 Sydney