Macarthur Girls High School
Parramatta, NSW, 2150
School profile
ACARA
Year range
7-12
School staff (FTE)
81.2
67.8 teaching · 13.4 non-teaching
Students per teacher
14.7:1
teaching FTE basis
Total enrolments
997
Indigenous students
1%
Language other than English
92%
Girls vs boys
997 girls · boys
Socio-educational background
Above the Australian average
Source: ACARA My School data
About
Macarthur Girls High School is a selective girls secondary school located in Parramatta, NSW, catering to students in Years 7 to 12. The school serves a rich multicultural community and operates as a comprehensive girls' institution with a strong focus on academic rigour and personal development. The school offers a range of specialist programs spanning selective entry, high potential and gifted education, special education support, and STEM. This breadth of provision reflects a deliberate approach to meeting diverse academic needs within the one cohort. Student learning support officers are embedded in classrooms alongside classroom teachers, enabling targeted instruction and responsive support for students at every point of the learning spectrum. Strategic priorities at Macarthur Girls centre on personalised academic growth, high-quality explicit teaching, student wellbeing, and cultural celebration and community participation. These priorities are reflected in the school's commitment — expressed in its vision — to "explicit teaching practices that provide targeted instruction and feedback tailored to diverse learning needs," and to partnering with families and the wider community to foster wellbeing and lifelong learning. The school's multicultural community is treated as a genuine asset, with cultural celebration named explicitly as a strategic focus rather than incidental to school life. The school seeks to equip students with the skills, knowledge and values to become "resilient, critical thinkers and confident, compassionate citizens" — language that signals an intentional blend of academic and character development as core institutional goals.
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Pay and agreement
Graduate
$90,117
Starting salary
Top of scale
$137,861
Highly Accomplished / Lead Teacher
Super
12.0%
Employer contribution
Under the Crown Employees (Teachers) Award 2024. Full-time equivalent, before allowances.
Work out your pay stepWhat you need to teach here
Required before you can be employed at any NSW school.
Location
Remoteness
Major city