Head Teacher - English - Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design
Employment
Full time, Permanent
Subject
English as Additional Language
Sector
Government
Teaching level
Secondary
Salary range
Closing date
9 September 2026
Posted 27 Aug 2026
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School type
Co-educational
Year range
7-12
School staff (FTE)
75.5
61.4 teaching · 14.1 non-teaching
Students per teacher
13.1:1
teaching FTE basis
Total enrolments
804
Indigenous students
3%
Language other than English
36%
Girls vs boys
443 girls · 361 boys
Socio-educational background
Above the Australian average
Source: ACARA My School data
Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design is an inclusive comprehensive coeducational specialist selective high school of approximately 800 students located in Sydney's Inner West, with a multiculturally diverse and geographically dispersed population that includes 4% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, 13% students born overseas, and over 50 languages spoken at home. The school specialises in visual arts and design, offering a broad and rigorous curriculum that includes a Visual Arts and Design selective stream, academic and design enrichment stream, music and dance ensemble programs, and extensive extra-curricular offerings. The school community values creativity and innovation with high expectations for academic achievement, actively fostering student wellbeing where every student is known, valued and cared for, with HSC and NAPLAN results continually improving and recent ranking at 17th among NSW comprehensive high schools. The school is supported by a hardworking parent community engaged in its unique initiatives.
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Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design of approximately 800 students is an inclusive comprehensive coeducational specialist selective high school, with a support unit located in Sydney's Inner West, offering a broad curriculum with a specialisation in visual arts and design. The school is multiculturally diverse, and also geographically dispersed population of which 4% are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. With 13% of our students born overseas and over 50 different languages spoken at home, 9% of our students require some level of English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) support.
The school community values creativity and innovation with high expectations in academic achievement. The school actively fosters the wellbeing of all students to allow them to flourish, where every student is known, valued and cared for. Through the delivery of a broad and rigorous curriculum, the school provid…