Holroyd High School is an HPGE Partnership School with a current enrolment of 558 students in Years 7–12, including 86% of students from non-English speaking backgrounds. As a proudly diverse and inclusive institution, we place a strong emphasis on explicit teaching to build high expectations for all students, and Choice Theory to foster a culture of autonomy, collaboration, and responsibility, creating a safe and nurturing environment where all can thrive.
As part of our commitment as an HPGE Partnership School, Holroyd High School has made significant investment in creating enriched educational experiences for all students across the four domains of potential: intellectual, creative, social-emotional, and physical. Through innovative programs, targeted learning opportunities, extracurricular pathways, and strong community partnerships, the school is committed to ensuring every student is challenged, supported, and empowered to ignite their potential.
The school has an Intensive English Centre for newly arrived students from non-English speaking backgrounds and a support unit for students with intellectual disability and/or autism.
1. Approval to teach Legal Studies & Business Studies.
2. Demonstrated ability to design and implement engaging and innovative teaching programs aligned to new curriculum requirements with effective differentiation to meet the diverse learning needs of EALD and HPGE students.
3. Demonstrated ability to implement a broad range of effective classroom teaching strategies that actively engage students, support positive behavior and ensure clear and explicit instruction
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.
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
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
How to Apply
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located 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.
