Job Overview
We are looking for a professional and self-motivated individual with excellent communication skills and the ability to be flexible. In this role, you will oversee and supervise public summer examinations and mock examinations throughout the year. You will ensure that guidelines and regulations for the integrity and security of the examination papers and procedures are followed during examination sessions.
Beacon Academy is a split-site, semi-rural, mixed 11–18 non-selective converter academy with approximately 1,664 students, including over 320 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 (formerly Beacon Community College Academy Trust), and in September 2025, we were delighted to announce that Hailsham Academy had joined the Trust. The acronym MARK was selected because staff who work in the Trust are
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otivated,
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mbitious,
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esourceful, and
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nowledgeable. These partnerships will provide many exciting opportunities for professional development and the sharing of good practice across the three schools.
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.
To apply, please visit beacon-
Closing date: 10.00am on 29th September 2025.
Interview date: w/c 6th October 2025.
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.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to Enhanced DBS clearance and suitable references.