Head Teacher Personal Development, Health & Physical Education - Bowral High School

EducationHQ; Bowral; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Bowral High School invites applications for Head Teacher Personal Development, Health & Physical Education. The role leads PDHPE curriculum, student welfare initiatives, and assessment practices to raise learning outcomes across the school community.

Successful candidates will demonstrate instructional leadership, strong communication, and collaborative partnership building with staff, students, and families within a NSW public school context.

Qualifications

• Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice.
• Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs.
• Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams.
• Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents.
• Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy.

Skills

Educational leadership

Communication

Curriculum design

Resource planning

Relationship building

Aboriginal education policy

Education

Teaching approval NSW Dept of Education

Job description

Head Teacher Personal Development, Health & Physical Education - Bowral High School

Bowral is the largest town in the Southern Highlands, about 90 minutes southwest of Sydney. Bowral High School acknowledges its location on Gundungurra Land and was established at this site in 1929. It is a comprehensive high school with a virtual selective stream (Aurora) and a support unit of seven classes, increasing to eight classes in 2026. The student enrolment of approximately 600 includes 75 Aboriginal students and an increasing number of culturally and linguistically diverse students. The school has a Family Occupation and Educational Index of 109 and serves families from Bowral, Mittagong and the northern villages of the Southern Highlands.

We are a High Potential Gifted Education partner school and are committed to inspire, motivate and challenge all students by delivering quality instruction that enables all students to develop their high potential and talent in one or more of the following domains: intellectual, physical, creative and social-emotional.

Through effective partnerships, Bowral High School has collaborated with primary school partners to strengthen high school transition and with the broader community to build successful pathways beyond school, including work experience, vocational education and training, school-based traineeships and apprenticeships, university access and TAFE.

All students are known, valued, and cared for and student wellbeing is underpinned by Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) and Restorative Practice.

About this job

Position Information

General Selection Criteria

• 1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
• 2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
• 3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
• 4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
• 5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
• 6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy

Specific Selection Criteria

• 1. Proven capacity to build a culture of high expectations and lead and guide curriculum development to strengthen Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) teachers in improving outcomes for all learners.
• 2.Proven instructional leadership skills, with the capacity to support other staff in developing quality teaching practices.
• 3. Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated capacity to develop strong working relationships with students, staff and the broader school community.
• 4. Ability to lead an unmastered faculty to deliver innovative teaching and learning programmes

Conditions

An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.

Special Notes

The Eligibility Requirements for Head Teacher Positions in NSW Government Schools are located here.

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.