Principal Level P2 - Wairoa School

Wairoa School has a K-12 enrolment of 71 students with 62% EAL/D background, and 15% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. The school is located on Bidjigal and Gadigal Aboriginal lands amidst the environs and natural beauty of Bondi Beach. Wairoa is a school for specific purposes (SSP) and enrols students with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities from Sydney's Eastern, South Eastern, and Inner Western Suburbs of Sydney. Most students have additional needs: physical, vision and/or hearing, sensory, complex behaviours, health/medical conditions, and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The Wairoa School community holds high expectations for quality education, which arise from meeting the diverse learning needs of students. Programs prepare students for maximum participation in the community and quality life outcomes. Parents and carers are central to the educational planning process through the development and adjustment of personalised learning and support plans (PLSP). The school has a sustained focus on a child’s social-emotion…