Vice Principal - Quality of Education
Orion Eden Park, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RD17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
29 September 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
12 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy 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 (FTE) L19 - L23
Vice Principal - Quality of Education 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 looking to recruit a dynamic and strategic leader with a passion for education and a commitment to social mobility to become a key member of our Senior Leadership Team leading on key areas of school improvement.
Key Accountabilities
To strategically lead on the curriculum and the development of the curriculum
Responsibility for the public exams and all related elements of work with the exams officer
Ensure the assessment framework is in place and communication of this is done in a timely manner for all staff
Ensure the assessment data analysis and intervention plan is updated with the impact being seen through outcomes.
Ensure that assessment recording and reporting is completed accurately
To lead the Head of 6th Form
Support colleagues, including all other members of the leadership team, in their work for the development and improvement of the school, to achieve high standards of teaching and learning across the school.
Responsibility for the strategic lead and development of a key area of the school. This role includes having a direct impact on the vision and direction of a key area within the school coupled with the strategic oversight of all aspects of the role.
Support and contribute to the development and implementation of the school’s vision and strategy
Take responsibility for day-to-day management of the school alongside the SLT
In partnership with the Executive Principal/ Head of School and rest of the leadership team, ensure the safeguarding of all pupils, and that the safety and wellbeing of pupils and staff is promoted and maintained at all times.
Leadership and Management
Share responsibility for the management of the school and to contribute to the consultative and decision-making process
Support whole school aims, objectives and policy decisions, contribute to their establishment and initiation and sustain their implementation and review
Actively promote the school and liaise with outside agencies as necessary, representing the Executive Principal/ Head of School, the school or Orion Education Trust as appropriate
Provide information, advice and perspective to the governing body and to any legitimate external enquiry/ evaluation
Support the Executive Principal/ Head of School in the responsibility for the implementation of performance appraisal for all staff, including line management of specific staff
Provide all reporting in a timely manner, with strategic and operational actions to drive forward any areas of school improvement
Curriculum
To play a lead role in the curriculum and data aspects of the Governors meetings.
To keep abreast of developments and initiatives relating to education as a whole, school leadership and management in particular
To lead and manage the development of the curriculum in line with the expectations of Ofsted and the revised National Curriculum, and to ensure that the new specifications at GCSE and A Level are firmly and positively embedded.
To support the development of the shared Orion Education curriculum.
To oversee the management and development of data systems as a mechanism for curriculum analysis and successful subject practice moderated across faculties, and for measuring value added and setting targets across all key stages. Experience of 4Matrix and Alps is desirable.
To act as the Raising Standards Officer and to have oversight of all aspects of Year 11/13 intervention and support to ensure progress scores move into and remain as a positive.
To lead the school’s self-evaluation (SEF), and to prepare for any Ofsted inspections, and any subsequent Ofsted planning.
To have oversight of the course offer and allocation at Key Stages 4 and 5
To oversee the development and implementation of systems related to examinations, assessment and reporting, including internal examinations.
To line manage a number of key subject areas and to offer support and challenge as appropriate to ensure standards continue to rise.
To ensure that quality assurance is integrated as appropriate into the responsibility areas detailed above
Teaching and Learning
Support with the training and development of teaching staff to improve the quality of teaching and raise the level of challenge in lessons
Use regular assessments to monitor progress and set targets, and respond accordingly to the results of such monitoring
Support the Executive Principal/ Head of School and VP for TL in leading whole school co-planning and assessment through accurate record keeping and sophisticated data analysis
Ensure that all pupils achieve a reading age at chronological age or, if well below level, make significate and continuing progress towards achieving at level
Maintain a teaching timetable and teach outstanding lessons that motivate, inspire and improve student attainment
Maintain regular and productive communication with parents, to report on progress, sanctions and rewards and all other communications
Behaviour ethos and culture
Support the Executive Principal/ Head of School in fostering a strong sense of school community and ethos among both staff and students, ensuring the vision and values are at the heart of all work completed
Promote consistent implementation of behaviour policy and system of rewards and sanctions, characterised by orderly behaviour, caring and respectful relationships
Act as a positive role model to staff and students
Be active in issues of staff and student welfare and support and demonstrate a commitment to Equality of opportunity for all members of school staff
*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
- View Ofsted report
- 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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