Job Reference #: EDV/2026/BA/03033
Job Category: Professional & Support | Pastoral & Welfare
Location: North Beeches Road, Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2AS
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Contract Term: Full-Time
Salary: £27,709.00 - £28,608.00 Annually (FTE)
Actual salary: £24,338
Closing Date: 8:00am, Mon 16th Nov, 2026
Start Date: As soon as possible
Positions Available: 1
Interview Date(s): TBC
About This Role
Student Support Practitioner
Start Date: as soon as possible
Single Status Grade 6 points 14-16, currently between £27,709 - £28,608 per annum full time equivalent. Actual salary £24,338
Contract: Fixed Term Contract to cover the absence of a permanent member of staff due to secondment, full time, term time only, 37 hours per week
We are looking for a compassionate and proactive Student Support Practitioner to join our team. In this vital role, you will work closely with students, families, and staff to provide tailored support that promotes wellbeing, engagement, and academic success. If you are empathetic, adaptable, and committed to making a positive impact every day, while continuously developing your own skills, we would like to hear from you.
- Flexible working approach
- Staff recognition initiatives
- Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme/Teacher’s Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement (support staff)
- Access to Wellbeing Support through our Employee Assistance Programme, this includes free confidential telephone and face to face counselling
- Opportunities to share your views through staff surveys and forums
- Eligibility to access Blue Light Card and discounts
- Discounted use of Gym & Exercise Classes at Uplands Academy
- Free parking available onsite or within close proximity to all our schools
Beacon Academy is a split site, semi-rural, mixed 11-18 non-selective converter academy with approximately 1600 students, including over 300 students in our Sixth Form. We are situated centrally in Crowborough on the outskirts of the Ashdown Forest, an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are close to Tunbridge Wells and the south coast. The vast majority of our staff travel to Beacon from a variety of locations within the southeast, including Brighton, Eastbourne, Lewes and Tunbridge Wells.
In September 2022, Beacon Academy, together with Uplands Academy in Wadhurst, became a member of the MARK Education Trust (formally Beacon Community College Academy Trust). The acronym, MARK, was selected because staff who work in the Trust are motivated, ambitious, resourceful, and knowledgeable. We were pleased to expand our Trust further in September 2025 with the addition of Hailsham Academy. This continued growth reflects our shared commitment to educational excellence, collaboration and supporting the success of all students across our Academies.
We work meticulously to secure a culture of unapologetically high expectations that are underpinned by our collective, uncompromising belief and ambition for our students, and for the experienced, loyal, highly skilled and highly effective team of staff that teach them, allowing teachers to teach and students to learn in a school where leadership, management, behaviour and welfare are all judged as outstanding. MARK Education Trust is committed to the development of both its staff and students.
For further details, please contact the Human Resources department on 01892 603000 ext. 2286 or email cburgess@markeducationtrust.org. Please be advised that we do not accept curriculum vitae.
All schools within MARK Education Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to disclosure and barring service checks along with other relevant employee checks.
NB: we advise applying promptly for this post as we reserve the right to close and interview early if sufficient suitable applications have been received.
Safeguarding Statement
Beacon Academy are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Beacon Academy ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
Related Documents
- Student Support Practitioner R...pdf
Contact Details
Charlotte Burgess
01892 603000 ext 2286
cburgess@markeducationtrust.org
Beacon Academy Would Like All Candidates To Answer Specific Questions For The Personal Statement Section. For Reference, Here Is a Preview Of The Questions/headings
- Have you ever been subject to an investigation regarding safeguarding concerns or a disciplinary investigation?
- Would you like to be considered for other vacancies across the Trust?
- Please add a supporting statement detailing how your qualifications, experience, and personal attributes align with the criteria outlined in the Person Specification. Your response should clearly demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements and, where applicable, the desirable criteria for this role.
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