Education Gazette

Assistant Principal (2 positions)
Whanganui High School · Manawatu/Whanganui
About the role
Two exciting new opportunities are now available for highly capable and student outcomes focused applicants to join our expanded Senior Leadership Team from the beginning of 2027.
The successful candidates will have specific school-wide strategic leadership responsibility for either:
- Pastoral – Years 9 & 10
- Assessment Analysis and Evaluation – Years 9 & 10.
Assistant principals will work with our principal, deputy principal (Teaching & Learning), deputy principal (Pastoral) and deputy principal (Daily Operations).
Each assistant principal will also have close leadership connections with our principal’s nominee and academic dean, the 8 year level deans (across Years 9 to 13), the SENCO and head of learning support, a specialist classroom teacher, the 9 heads of faculties, 2 counsellors, and our social worker (new position in 2027).
Applicants must be:
- outstanding classroom teachers (please state all relevant teaching subjects)
- able to demonstrate proven experience of pastoral and/or curriculum and/or analysis and evaluation leadership with excellent growth outcomes for students and staff
- willing to teach 3 subject classes per week across our two-week Week A and Week B timetable.
As well as the key strategic leadership responsibility already outlined, each successful candidate will also lead relevant responsibilities aligned to the individual strategic leadership responsibility. These responsibilities will be determined before the beginning of the 2027 school year in combination with the skill set of the successful candidates and the current responsibilities within the Senior Leadership Team.
Direct enquiries to:
Martin McAllen, Principal
- Phone
- 06 349 0178
- [email protected]
How to apply
Email your CV and cover letter to: [email protected]
Reference 1HB1dN
Application documents
Role details
- Role
- Assistant principal
- Sector
- Secondary (Years 7–15) / wharekura
- Position
- Full-time, permanent
- Incentives and allowances
- 4 MU and 1 SMA per position
- Learning areas
- English, Health and PE, Learning languages, Mathematics and statistics, Science, Social sciences, Technology, Te reo Māori, The arts
- Region
- Manawatu/Whanganui
About Whanganui High School
76 Purnell Street
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Reference 1HB1dN · https://gazette.education.govt.nz/vacancies/1HB1dN
