Head Teacher - Human Society and its Environment - Lucas Heights Community School
Employment
Full time, Permanent
Subject
HSIE
Sector
Government
Teaching level
Primary
Salary range
Closing date
24 June 2026
Posted 11 Jun 2026
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796
Total students
54%
Boys
46%
Girls
69.9
Teaching FTE
19.7
Non-teaching FTE
1,038
ICSEA value
63rd percentile · Average SES
16%
EAL/D Background
4%
Indigenous students
Source: ACARA My School data
Lucas Heights Community School is a comprehensive co-educational K-12 school located in the Barden Ridge area of New South Wales. The school is set amid calming natural scenery and maintains strong ties with its parent community and local organisations, including the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The school offers a broad range of learning pathways across all year groups. Students have access to learning support programs, High Potential and Gifted Education programs, and VET courses, ensuring that individual learning needs are catered for at every stage of schooling. A notable feature of the school is its commitment to First Nations students and culture, reflected in several dedicated programs. These include All Shades of Deadly, Deadly Kids, and PRISM, as well as a dedicated First Nations Wellbeing Hub that serves as a cultural and support space on campus. The school's facilities support a wide range of learning and extracurricular experiences. These include an outdoor amphitheatre, a spacious oval with a 200-metre running track, a tiered media room, a performance space, and both junior and senior hall facilities. The campus is also wheelchair friendly, with an accessible bus available to support student mobility across the grounds.
Role description
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LHCS is in the Sutherland Shire suburb of Barden Ridge. Current enrolment K-12 is 800 students, including K-6 population of 240 students and a secondary enrolment of 560 students. The school has a K-12 support unit with 8 classes and an enrolment of 48 students. There are 40 First Nations students. Our teaching staff are dedicated to the delivery of learning programs designed to cater for the diverse range of student learning needs. We further support students with specific learning needs in both mainstream and in our support unit through the implementation of personalised learning and support plans. The school prides itself on exceptional transition to high school programs and future focused learning. Staff professional learning, quality teaching, collaboration and growth and attainment in literacy and numeracy are major focuses and areas for further development K12. These focuses have been informed through our …