Teacher (Early Years)
Employment
Full time, Temporary
Subject
General Teaching
Sector
Catholic
Teaching level
Primary
Closing date
31 August 2026
Posted 21 Aug 2026
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School type
Co-educational
Year range
PP-6
School staff (FTE)
16.2
10.8 teaching · 5.4 non-teaching
Students per teacher
16.7:1
teaching FTE basis
Total enrolments
180
Language other than English
14%
Girls vs boys
102 girls · 78 boys
Socio-educational background
Well above the Australian average
Source: ACARA My School data
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Role description
Position Details:
Sacred Heart Primary School, Thornlie is seeking an Early Years Teacher to commence in 2027. This is a full-time temporary position commencing 1 January 2027 and finishing 31 December 2027.
Sacred Heart Primary, Thornlie is a thriving double stream school that caters for approximately 450 students from Kindergarten to Year Six. The school is well resourced with a 2-year-old to 4-year-old day care onsite, OSHC onsite and the Mary Ward Inclusion Support Centre which supports our students with disabilities.
We have dedicated, professional staff who are a cohesive team of educators with a strong focus on our community and living the Loreto values established by our founding staff
members – the Loreto sisters 61 years ago. We have a strong focus on student and staff wellbeing and have a school wellbeing dog onsite.
Sacred Heart offers a variety of specialist classes including Health & Wellbeing, Dance, Music, Science, Auslan and Physical Education. We support and train all classroom teachers to successfully implement TalkforWriting and InitiaLit (K-2), Spellex (Y3-4) and PLD (5-6). We have a strong numeracy focus and support our staff with coaching and Curriculum support.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated staff member to join our team.
Applications should include:
• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Contact details of at least 2 professional referees
Any other relevant information to address the selection criteria
Applicants should send CV, Cover Letter, selection criteria and supporting documentation by email, to the Principal, Mrs Darlene Min at admin@shth…