Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people? We are seeking a dedicated, compassionate and highly organised Transition Practitioner to join our pastoral support team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting students as they transition into and through secondary education, helping them to feel safe, confident and ready to achieve their full potential.

Working closely with students, families, teaching staff and external agencies, the successful candidate will provide targeted support to ensure smooth transitions for vulnerable learners and those who may face barriers to engagement, attendance, wellbeing or academic success.

Benefits of working at Beacon Academy

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.

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