Menai High School is a comprehensive and co-educational school located in the Sutherland Shire with an enrolment of 1065 students in 2025. The student population is comprised of approximately 35% LBOTE, 13% EALD and 1.5% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Our feeder primary schools are Tharawal, Menai, Illawong, Alfords Point, Padstow and Padstow Heights.
We offer an extensive curriculum and diverse extra-curricular activities which are valued by our community. In addition to core curriculum subjects, our Stage 5 students engage in three 200 hour Electives. Our broad curriculum provides students with educational experiences in Agriculture, Oceans Alive, Automotive, STEM and metacognition through the Stage 4 Skilled Learning program. Our students proudly represent the school in a range of dance and music ensembles, Agricultural shows and all representative sporting pathways.
Menai High School strives to provide quality teaching and learning opportunities for all students through equity, inclusivity and excellence. An Inclusive Education Faculty was established in 2025 and will be expanding in 2027 to include 2 autism support classes and 2 multi-categorical support classes.
1. Approval to teach special education and experience teaching students with autism, mental health and complex needs within a support class setting.
2. Demonstrated ability to differentiate the curriculum, cater for cross stage learning and develop personalised learning plans that respond to the learning, social and emotional needs of students with complex disabilities.
3. Demonstrated successful classroom management with a flexible and open approach, creating a positive learning environment that promotes student wellbeing, engagement authentic relationships and success.
4. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with the proven capacity to work collaboratively in teams with students, families, staff, external agencies and the wider school community to promote a culture of inclusion.
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.
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.
