POSITION INFORMATION

Prairiewood High School is a co-educational, partially selective, comprehensive secondary school located in Wetherill Park in Sydney’s South-West region on Dharug land. The school has an enrolment of approximately 1300 students. This includes 60 students in each year in the selective stream and four Support Unit (Autism and IO) classes across Years 7 to 12. 87% of students have a Language Background Other Than English and students represent 30 countries of origin. Approximately 50% of the student population requires English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) support which has been steadily increasing. Currently, 18 students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background and there are over 170 refugee students.
In addition to a focus on academics, Prairiewood High School continues to prioritise whole of community wellbeing and holistically prepare students for success beyond school. Through innovative practices, such as the Wellbeing Hub and timetabled wellbeing and engagement programs, we work to strengthen student achievement, engagement and attendance to ensure a thriving school community.
Our Wellbeing Team comprises the Principal, three Deputy Principals, 2 Head Teacher’s Wellbeing, 2 Year Advisor’s per cohort in addition to two full-time Student Support Officers and a part time Community Liaison Officer. Our school counsellor allocation is 1.2 and we have a School Counsellor or Psychologist on-site each day. The school co-shares a WHIN (Wellbeing Health In-Nurse) and works with a variety of external partners. The Wellbeing Head Teacher’s are a member of the Safe, Respectful, Learner (Positive Behaviour for Learning) team.

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