Permanent full-time job at Sydney Boys High School (Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia)
Job Reference 0000B1C8
Closing date September 24, 2025, 2 a.m. (AEST)
Location 556 Cleveland St, Surry Hills 2010 NSW, Australia
Type Full-Time
Status Permanent
Contact Kyle Caputo
02 9662 9300
About This Job
Position Information
Sydney Boys High School (enrolment 1209, 87% of students are from a non-English speaking background), is a leading selective school dedicated to providing opportunities for gifted boys to excel in academic, sporting, cultural, leadership and community service endeavours, within an inclusive environment that nurtures personal development, collegial learning and friendship. We strive to be at the forefront of educational practice, pursuing excellence while contributing positively to the world as scholars, sportsmen, educators and leaders. We emphasise thinking that is creative, disciplined, holistic, respectful and ethical. We aim to empower students, staff and our community. Core capacities that we instil include problem solving, evaluating information, creating and innovating, working in teams and communicating ideas. Our culture is collaborative, involving partnerships with parents, Old Boys, staff and students to deliver a wide range of programs in varied learning contexts. The school community values team sports and its membership of the Athletic Association of Great Public Schools. The school offers many co-curricular activities. It has an enviable student award and recognition scheme, a progressive outdoor education focus, broad gifted education interventions, along with strong leadership, student wellbeing, community service and social justice programs.
Specific Selection Criteria
- Approved to teach English Years 7-12 and demonstrate a capacity for strong student outcomes in English Advanced and English Extension
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build positive relationships with all key stakeholders.
- Proven ability to develop innovative, engaging teaching and learning programs that cater for student learning needs and improve student outcomes.
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 all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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.
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