Campbelltown Performing Arts High School is a specialist performing arts high school with an enrolment of approximately 970 students serving a diverse area of South Western Sydney. 27.6% of our student enrolments come from a non-English speaking background, and 113 students are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Our school draws 60% of its enrolments from local schools and 40% through open audition in the areas of Dance, Drama, Music, Circus and Visual Arts. Our focus is to improve student learning outcomes through the consistent application of quality teaching practices underpinned by whole-school and targeted, teacher professional learning. The school is committed to continually improving effective classroom practices with high impact professional learning supporting a culture of continuous improvement. The school's staffing entitlement in 2026 is 73 teaching staff and 13 non-teaching staff. The school also employs an additional ACIP DP plus, HT positions including Pathways and Learning Support, as well as a Business Manager, Technology Support Officer and 4 School Learning Support Officers, from school funds. Our executive staff is stable with the majority being here for more than five years. Approximately 40% of our staff are in their early career as teachers, and the school enjoys the rich diversity created through the performing arts community, with students performing at local, regional and state levels in the areas of Dance, Music, Drama, Circus and Visual Arts. We have fostered strong partnerships with universities, cultural institutions, businesses and community groups, to support students through our various programs in addition to supporting student transitions to post school pathways and school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. A significant portion of the school's equity funding is used to support initiatives developed in the 2023-2026 School Excellence Plan, where the school was assessed as excelling in 13 out of the 14 elements of the School Excellence Framework, through external validation. The school will be working to improve literacy and numeracy levels and HSC attainment through personalised learning approaches and data-informed practices across the school, with a core focus on developing our students as successful learners through high-quality teaching practice. Students develop their understanding of themselves as young people and as learners through a wellbeing curriculum, partnerships with parents and community, and the development of teacher capacity at all levels.
Approval to teach History (Years 7–1
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Demonstrated commitment to high expectations and student engagement through inclusive, evidence-based teaching practices that respond to the diverse needs of learners.
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Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build positive and respectful relationships with students, colleagues, families, the wider community, and the capacity to contribute positively to the HSIE faculty and/or whole-school initiatives.
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.
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
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.
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 in applying for the role please contact School Recruitment Support at 1300 863 694.
