Teacher - Science - Warrawong High School
Employment
Full time, Temporary
Subject
Special Education
Sector
Government
Teaching level
Secondary
Salary range
Closing date
27 May 2026
Posted 14 May 2026
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591
Total students
51%
Boys
49%
Girls
69.7
Teaching FTE
23.0
Non-teaching FTE
905
ICSEA value
12th percentile · Lower SES
44%
EAL/D Background
11%
Indigenous students
Source: ACARA My School data
Warrawong High School is a co-educational Years 7-12 high school with a total student population of 610 students, reflecting significant cultural diversity with 45% of students from language backgrounds other than English representing 25 different nationalities, and 11% identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. The school hosts the region's only Intensive English Centre and the Bayview Education Centre special education unit serving 88 students across 9 classes, alongside one of the region's first school-based permaculture and community gardens promoting sustainable living. Part of the Lake Illawarra North network forming a collaborative Warrawong Community of Schools, the school is home to the Illawarra Academy of STEM Excellence in partnership with local industry including BlueScope. The school emphasises explicit teaching strategies and comprehensive wellbeing structures that foster inclusive, safe learning environments for its diverse and dynamic community.
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Warrawong High School is a co-educational Years 7–12 inclusive high school with a strong focus on explicit teaching strategies and comprehensive wellbeing structures catering to a diverse and dynamic school community reflecting the cultural diversity of contemporary Australia.
Part of the Lake Illawarra North network, which forms a collaborative Warrawong Community of Schools the total student population of Warrawong High School in 2026 is 610, which includes 45% of students with a language background other than English from 25 different nationalities, and 11% identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. Warrawong High School hosts the regions only Intensive English Centre (IEC) and the Bayview Education Centre a Special Education unit that is inclusive of 9 classes. To complement our inclusive and diverse school we also host one of the region's first school-ba…