Hours of work: 32.5 Hours
Working pattern: Full-time
Fixed term for: Maternity Cover
Closing date: 10am Tuesday 24 February 2026
For more information and to apply for the above post, please contact:
Beacon Academy
North Beeches Road
Crowborough
East Sussex
TN6 2AS
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Please note, we do not accept CVs.
Teacher of Drama (maternity cover)
Start date: April 2026
Grade/Salary: MPS/UPS
Contract: Fixed term contract (to cover maternity leave), full or part time considered
We are seeking an enthusiastic and creative Teacher of Drama to join our vibrant team on a maternity cover basis. This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate individual to inspire students' confidence, creativity and love of performance. You will deliver engaging, high-quality lessons, work collaboratively and make a real impact within a supportive and forward-thinking environment.
Benefits of working at Beacon Academy:
• Free on-site parking
• Teacher's Pension Scheme
• Blue Light Card – a UK discount service on thousands of retailers
• Paid sick leave
• Access to Care First – a free and confidential counselling and information service
• Free optician's eyesight test for DSE users
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 or email - 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.
Additional Information
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will be expected to hold or be willing to obtain an enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process please go to
All school based staff have the responsibility for promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children. All school staff should be aware of the school's Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy and work in accordance with this document at all times.