Principal - External
Employment
Full time, Permanent
Subject
General Teaching
Sector
Catholic
Teaching level
Primary
Closing date
18 October 2026
Posted 18 Sep 2026
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Role description
About the school
St Paul's is a vibrant Catholic co-educational parish primary school providing a safe, caring and comprehensive education to students from Kindergarten to Year 6 in Camden and the surrounding Macarthur region.
The school’s patron saint, St Paul, enables the school to identify with his teachings, as he taught the Gospelof Christ to the first century world. St Paul is the patron saint of missionaries, evangelists, writers, journalistsand authors. He was a teacher of people and through his teaching helped to establish the Christian Church.
The school seeks to do the same as it provides opportunities for all stakeholders to be truly present in faith and life. The students are constantly reminded that Christ is with them as they learn in a community embedded in ritual, prayer, sacred music, signs, symbols and our Catholic tradition.
This creates a distinctly Catholic pedagogy, the way of St Paul, revealing the school’s true purpose and ministry as Catholic educators.
Essential Criteria
To achieve success in the role, the successful candidate will be someone who can:
• Model Catholic faith in action and evidence a deep understanding and commitment to the mission and purpose of the catholic school within the broader evangelising mission of the church.
• Develop a culture of effective teaching and learning, by leading, designing and managing the quality of the educational experiences of all students.
• Build the capacity of staff within a professional, collaborative learning community through the provision of effective professional learning opportunities, regular feedback …