Principal

Orion Scotts Park, Bromley, Kent, BR1 2PR

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  29 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  4 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £84,769.00 - £93,057.00 Annually (Actual) Outer London L19 - L23

Principal job summary

As our Principal at Orion Scotts Park you’ll be working with a team of like-minded leaders and a central team that have great ambition for all our schools.

The Principal shall carry out the professional duties as described in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document.

The Principal is accountable to the Executive and Local Advisory Body for ensuring the educational success of their school within the framework of their school strategic plans. They provide professional leadership and management of their school and must establish a culture that helps to transform lives and improve outcomes. Principals should strive to create welcoming and open schools where every pupil thrives, makes excellent progress and succeeds. They must ensure the school is aligned to the Trust Backbone and to the shared values of trust, kindness and endeavour.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 Scotts Park

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 361 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Orion Scotts Park website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/scotts-park-primary-school

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