Teacher of History
Orion Eden Park, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RD14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
November 2025
Closing date
29 September 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
12 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- History
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/ UPS plus additional £1000 per annum
Additional allowances
MPS/ UPS plus additional £1000 per annum
Teacher of History job summary
Based at Orion Eden Park
Orion Education 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.
About the role
We are seeking a passionate and committed Teacher of History to join our team and help us improve outcomes, transform lives, and enable social mobility by living our vision and values. You will deliver a broad, balanced, and engaging curriculum that inspires curiosity and critical thinking. As a teacher and form tutor, you will monitor and support students’ academic and personal development, helping each learner achieve their individual potential.
Key Accountabilities
Teaching
To teach students according to their educational needs, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the student in academy and elsewhere
To assess, record and report on the attendance, progress, development, and attainment of students and to keep such records as are required
To provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students
To ensure that ICT, Literacy, Numeracy, and academy subject specialism(s) are reflected in the teaching/learning experience of students
To undertake a designated programme of teaching
To ensure a high-quality learning experience for students which meets internal and external quality standards
To prepare and update subject materials
To use a variety of delivery methods which will stimulate learning appropriate to student needs and demands of the syllabus
To maintain discipline in accordance with the academy’s procedures and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework
To undertake assessment of students as requested by external examination bodies, the subject area and academy procedures
To mark, grade and give written/verbal and diagnostic feedback as required
Operational/Strategic Planning
To assist in the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies and teaching strategies in the subject area
To contribute to the subject area’s Development Plan and its implementation
To attend all appropriate meetings
To plan and prepare courses and lessons
To contribute to the whole academy’s planning activities
Staff Development: Recruitment/Deployment of Staff
To take part in the academy’s staff development programme by participating in arrangements for further training and professional development
To continue personal development in the relevant areas including subject knowledge and teaching methods
To engage actively in the Performance Management Review process
To ensure the effective/efficient deployment of classroom support
To work as a member of a designated team and to contribute positively to effective working relations within the academy
Quality Assurance
To help to implement academy quality procedures and to adhere to those
To contribute to the process of monitoring and evaluation of the subject area in line with agreed academy procedures, including evaluation against quality standards and performance criteria
To seek/implement modification and improvement where required
To review from time-to-time methods of teaching and programmes of work
To take part, as may be required, in the review, development and management of activities relating to the curriculum, organisation and pastoral functions of the academy
Management of Information
To maintain appropriate records and to provide relevant accurate and up-to-date information for Management Information Systems (Arbor), registers etc.
To complete the relevant documentation to assist in the tracking of students
To track student progress and use information to inform teaching and learning
Communications
To communicate effectively with the parents of students as appropriate
Where appropriate, to communicate and co-operate with people or bodies outside the academy
To follow agreed policies for communications in the academy
Management of Resources
To contribute to the process of the ordering and allocation of equipment and materials
To assist the Subject Lead to identify resource needs and to contribute to the efficient/effective use of physical resources
To co-operate with other staff to ensure the sharing and effective usage of resources to the benefit of the academy, subject area and the students
Pastoral System
To be a form tutor to an assigned group of students
To promote the general progress and well-being of individual students and of the form tutor group
To liaise with the Subject Lead and Head of Faculty to ensure the implementation of the academy’s Pastoral System
To register students, accompany them to assemblies, encourage their full attendance at all lessons and their participation in other aspects of academy life
To evaluate and monitor student progress and keep up to-date student records as required
To contribute to the preparation of Action Plans and progress files and other reports
To alert the appropriate staff to problems experienced by students and make recommendations for how these may be resolved
To communicate as appropriate, with the parents of students and with persons or bodies outside the academy concerned with the welfare of individual students, after consultation with the appropriate staff
To contribute to PSHE and Citizenship and enterprise according to academy policy
To apply the Behaviour Management systems so that effective learning can take place
*We reserve the right to this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Orion Education 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. Orion Education is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Orion Eden Park
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1274 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Orion Eden Park website
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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