Receptionist & Administrator

Receptionist & Administrator

Start Date: 1st September 2026 or as soon as possible after this date

Salary: Single Status Grade 4 Points 9-10, starting at point 9, currently £25,185 per annum, full time equivalent. Actual salary: £11,210

Contract: Permanent, part time, term time only, 18.75 hours per week Monday-Wednesday (Receptionist - 7.45am-12pm and Administrator 12.30pm-2.30pm)

We are seeking a friendly, professional, and highly organised Receptionist and Administrator to join our busy secondary school. As the first point of contact for students, parents, staff, and visitors, you will play a key role in creating a welcoming and efficient environment while providing high-quality administrative support across the school. The successful candidate will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage a varied workload in a fast-paced setting. This is a rewarding opportunity for an enthusiastic individual who is committed to supporting the education and wellbeing of young people and contributing positively to our school community.

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 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.