Position Information

Randwick High School's foundation year in 2025 marked the beginning of a new era for public education in the Eastern Suburbs area. Our school serves approximately 1400 students, and celebrates its inclusivity, catering for students of all needs and many cultural backgrounds (including 58% from language backgrounds other than English). Our teachers provide a wealth of rich learning experiences to engage all students in extending their potential and pursuing their passions. We offer a broad curriculum, energising learners through classroom and co-curricular experiences. The school enjoys a history of strong HSC achievement and rich learning pathways, combining care for students' wellbeing with high academic standards. Randwick High School focuses on our learners today to create the leaders of tomorrow.

Our Inclusive Learning Centre (ILC) will be at the school in 2027. The first ILC class is an Autism/Moderated Intellectual Disability class. This teaching position will be the inaugural ILC Teacher appointed to the school. The teacher will be responsible for delivering the curriculum to ILC students, assisting their development of learning and social skills as well as supporting their inclusion within the school.

Selection Criteria

Approval to teach special education and/or experience teaching students with autism within a support class setting.

Demonstrated ability to plan, implement and evaluate differentiated learning experiences to support students with complex learning, behavioural, social and/or emotional needs.

Demonstrated successful classroom management skills with flexible and adaptive strategies that create a positive learning environment, authentic relationships and enable each individual's success.





High-level interpersonal skills with demonstrated capacity to effectively collaborate across all stakeholders including students, mainstream teachers, families and external agencies to contribute to the establishment of a new Inclusive Learning Centre class and strengthen inclusivity across the school.

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 recent 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.

How to Apply

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.

For technical support in applying for the role 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

Julian Floriano 9314 9800

Application close date

04 November 2026 at 4:00pm

📌 Teacher Special Education - Randwick High School (Sydney)
🏢 Teaching Service
📍 Sydney