Head Teacher Science - North Sydney Girls High School
Employment
Full time, Permanent
Subject
Science
Sector
Government
Teaching level
Secondary
Salary range
Closing date
15 July 2026
Posted 2 Jul 2026
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916
Total students
63.2
Teaching FTE
12.4
Non-teaching FTE
1,203
ICSEA value
99th percentile · Higher SES
94%
EAL/D Background
Source: ACARA My School data
North Sydney Girls High School is a government selective secondary school for girls in Years 7 to 12, located in Crows Nest, NSW. As a selective school, it specialises in gifted education, providing a learning environment tailored to the needs of high-achieving students. The school sits on the lands of the Cammeraygal people, and the community holds a genuine dedication to deepening understanding of Aboriginal culture, histories, and perspectives. The school's motto, Ad Altiora — "towards higher things" — reflects its orientation toward academic excellence and personal growth. Students are supported in developing resilience, confidence, leadership, and a strong sense of voice, with an emphasis on setting and achieving individual goals. The approach to learning is grounded in innovation and evidence-based practice, designed to meet the unique needs of gifted learners in partnership with students, families, and staff.
Role description
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North Sydney Girls High School is an academically selective school dedicated to meeting the needs of over 900 highly gifted and high potential students. With a diverse cohort, including 93% of students who speak English as an additional language or dialect, the school’s culture is rooted in its motto Ad Altiora ("towards higher things"), aiming to foster intellectual excellence, resilience and collaborative learner engagement. The school offers a differentiated, conceptually rich curriculum designed specifically to extend high potential and gifted learners through the development of higher-order critical, creative and collaborative thinking skills that empower students to achieve their personal best within a supportive and inclusive learning community.
The Head Teacher Science will lead a faculty committed to the implementation of High Potential and Gifted Education (HPGE) pedagogies, embedding evidence-based, explicit teaching practices tailor…