Student Support Practitioner

Beacon Academy; Crowborough; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave

Wellbeing support

Staff surveys

Blue Light Card discounts

Onsite parking

Job summary

Beacon Academy in Crowborough is seeking a compassionate Student Support Practitioner to join our team on a fixed-term contract covering a temporary absence. You will work with students, families and staff to provide tailored support that promotes wellbeing, engagement and academic success.

We offer a supportive environment on a split-site campus with about 1,600 students across 11–18, and benefits including pension scheme access, generous leave, wellbeing support, and staff discounts.

Qualifications

• Provide tailored support to promote wellbeing, engagement and academic success.
• Collaborate with students, families and staff to tailor support.
• Commitment to safeguarding and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide wellbeing, engagement and academic support to students.
• Collaborate with families and staff to tailor support.
• Promote safeguarding and continuous improvement.

Job description

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 proactiveStudent Support Practitionerto 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.

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 [e-mail].

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.