Principal

Westbourne College Sydney · Ultimo, NSW

Employment

Full time, Permanent

Subject

General Teaching

Sector

Independent

Teaching level

Secondary

Salary range

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Posted 13 Oct 2026

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About Westbourne College Sydney

School type

Co-educational

Year range

10-12

School staff (FTE)

8.2

5.4 teaching · 2.8 non-teaching

Students per teacher

12:1

teaching FTE basis

Total enrolments

65

Language other than English

49%

Girls vs boys

22 girls · 43 boys

34%
66%

Socio-educational background

Well above the Australian average

More disadvantage Average More advantage

Source: ACARA My School data

Role description

Unique Headship opportunity for a true-educator/active learner/ transformer/ disrupter/ entrepreneur. Are they not kinda the same thing?…

 

Only for Schumpeterians…

 

Could suit a STEM/Business/Econ head of department; to mid-career deputy looking to step up; to a latter career change-agent who gets what wrong with ‘the factory’ … and can see what’s right for the future.

 

There is nothing ‘modern’ about modern education. It was due a refit 30-20-10 years ago. It now needs a wholesale rebuild. No longer a strategic choice; an existential imperative … and Westbourne has been on the case for ~10 years; we’ve got this!

 

With more awards (mostly for innovation) than we can poke a stick at, we are looking for a partner to help keep us at the leading (if not bleeding) edge of innovation and drive our Sydney, and UK and Singapore, schools further on this crazy AI-enabled ride.

 

This is not a role for the faint-hearted. We have no desire to be ‘big’; just very, very good.

We are already, so you have a leg up.

 

But you will need to own it and throw every ounce of your heart and soul into it.

Thing don’t come to those who wait. Decisions are made by those who step up.

And change happens through those who ACT. So you have to be ‘all-in’. You will be hands-on at every level.

 

Reasonable, intelligent people could disagree with the above; and opine that it is all bluff and bluster.

Fair enough!

 

But if you have got this far, perhaps we have caught your attention.

 

I’m not going to give you our rah-rah; you will of course do your own research.

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