Head of Media with TLR

Orion Eden Park, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RD

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £37,870.00 - £56,154.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS (£37,870 FTE per annum - £56,154 FTE per annum) plus TLR

Head of Media with TLR job summary

We are seeking an inspiring and ambitious Head of Media to lead our successful subject area at Orion Eden Park. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced teacher or current middle leader to take ownership of a dynamic department, driving high standards of teaching and learning while ensuring excellent outcomes for all students.

As Head of Media, you will be responsible for leading curriculum development, monitoring student progress, and embedding innovative and engaging teaching practices across the department. You will play a key role in shaping a broad, balanced, and ambitious curriculum that motivates students and supports them to achieve their full potential. Working closely with senior leaders and the wider faculty team, you will contribute to whole-school improvement, ensuring consistency, quality, and a culture of high expectations.

We are looking for a passionate and reflective practitioner with strong subject knowledge, proven teaching success, and the ability to lead, motivate, and develop others. You will be committed to continuous improvement, have excellent organisational and communication skills, and demonstrate a clear drive to make a positive impact on students’ academic and personal development.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and values-driven Trust that prioritises staff development and wellbeing, offering a supportive environment where both students and staff can thrive.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Education for the 21st Century is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Education for the 21st Century is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Orion Eden Park

• School type: Free Schools, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1274 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Orion Eden Park website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eden-park-high-school

Education for the 21st Century is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all of our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care.

We want the very best for all of our young people. Our plan to ensure that we deliver great schools is underpinned by our shared values of trust, kindness, and endeavour. Our schools and our staff are collaborative, and we seek to create consistency and quality throughout.

Our leaders create improvement in schools that is robust and sustainable. We are as enthusiastic about developing and nurturing our staff, as we are about developing our young people. Our professional development programs and our approach to school improvement provide quality and rigor while creating a depth of experience and learning for our staff.

In joining Eden Park High School and the family of schools within E21C you will gain access to an unparalleled level of support and development in a forward-thinking school and trust.

Eden Park High School is a new school in Beckenham. We opened in 2017, moved into our purpose-built new premises in 2019, celebrated our first ever GCSE results in 2022 and have opened our new Sixth Form this September. With a new and expanded leadership team, this young school is starting an exciting new chapter as we build the culture, systems and teams that will see us expand further over the next two years and deliver an outstanding quality of education for the community.

We are currently recruiting exceptional teachers and support staff who want to be part of our journey of transformation. We want people who will share in our ethos and values and set a new standard of excellence and inspire young minds.

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