2027 Classroom Teacher- Parental Leave Replacement
Employment
Full time, Contract
Subject
General Teaching
Sector
Catholic
Teaching level
Primary
Closing date
23 October 2026
Posted 15 Oct 2026
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School type
Co-educational
Year range
Prep-6
School staff (FTE)
19
13.6 teaching · 5.4 non-teaching
Students per teacher
10.1:1
teaching FTE basis
Total enrolments
137
Indigenous students
1%
Language other than English
23%
Girls vs boys
66 girls · 71 boys
Socio-educational background
Well above the Australian average
Source: ACARA My School data
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Role description
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated teacher to join our vibrant community in 2027. Our school community is committed to the safety, wellbeing, and protection of all children in our care. This position is a full-time 1.0 FTE fixed-term parental leave position, commencing in Term 1 on Wednesday 27 January 2027 until the end of the 2027 school year.
St Columba's Primary School is a progressive co-educational Catholic primary school situated in the community of Elwood and St Kilda West. Student learning and wellbeing are central to who we are.
As an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) World School, we value collaboration, effective communication, critical thinking, problem solving, risk taking and creativity in both our students and staff. We combine innovation with a commitment to knowing every child as an individual. We foster critical thinking, global mindedness, and academic excellence. We ensure our students graduate not just ready for secondary school, but ready for the world.
All members of our community work together to fulfill the school's mission to act with compassion and empathy, to respect and care for our world and for the most vulnerable and to promote inclusion and provide community. We are a school that focuses on providing learning that is engaging, rigorous, purposeful and meets the needs of learning for the future.
We invite teachers with a growth mindset and a passion for lifelong learning, who are inspired and motivated to work in a contemporary Catholic school context, to apply.
We are looking for highly motivated individ…