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Beacon Academy / Published 14 Jul 2025
It’s been an exciting and eventful few days for our Year 8 students on the German trip to Rhineland.
Highlights so far include a fascinating visit to the historic Marksburg Castle, where students stepped back in time to explore medieval life, and an exhilarating ride at the Loreley Rodelbahn, bringing plenty of thrills and laughter!
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Beacon Academy / Published 11 Jul 2025
A huge thank you and well done to all that took part in our Honours Evening yesterday!
This prestigious event for students in Years 7 – 10 forms part of our traditional end of school year celebrations and is a wonderful opportunity for the school community to recognise the outstanding progress, achievements and approach of our students across all aspects of life at Beacon Academy. We’re immensely proud of every student who was nominated and all of our finalists - they truly deserve this recognition for their hard work, resilience and contributions to our school community throughout the year. 👏👏👏
We are incredibly grateful for the support of our inspirational guest speaker, former student, ultra-runner, dedicated fundraiser and Founder of Smilinggg, James Cooper. His powerful speech on the three Gs - gratitude, generosity, and growth - truly resonated with our MARK ethos 😊
A heartfelt thank you as well to our special guests, Chair of Trustees, Clare Collins, and Beacon Academy Local Governing Committee member, Laura Masson, who joined our Heads of Years 7 to 10 and our Head Students in presenting the awards and celebrating our students' achievements.
Special thanks also to our talented student musicians and Gifted and Talented Dance Company for their uplifting performances!
Finally, a huge thank you to our amazing Engineering department staff, Mr Clark, Mrs Austin and Miss Alvarez, for creating our students’ environmentally sustainable trophies, crafted from FSC certified plywood.
Look out for the full report on our website next week!
Images of individual winners and runners up are available for parents and carers on request to Mrs Hoper at c.hoper@beacon-academy.org.
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Beacon Academy / Published 11 Jul 2025
Wishing all our Year 8 students travelling to Rhineland tomorrow morning a safe and enjoyable trip!
The group will spend five days exploring Rhineland, becoming immersed in German culture, visiting Koblenz, enjoying a Rhine river cruise, exploring the Burg Eltz Castle and visiting Rudesheim plus much much more. Sounds an action packed five days!
We are looking forward to hearing all about it!
Beacon Academy / Published 11 Jul 2025
This week, we proudly celebrated the accomplishments of two outstanding groups of students: the U13 Girls Football Team, who reached the quarter-finals in the English Schools' Football Association and the winners of the Headteacher’s Award.
Both groups were invited to enjoy hot chocolate with Mr. Slattery ☕️
It’s wonderful to celebrate the success of these students, who have demonstrated admirable attributes, making them all role models within our school community.
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Beacon Academy / Published 10 Jul 2025
📸 More photos from Friday’s Year 13 Prom at East Sussex National Golf Resort & Spa are now live on our website! Check out the gallery and find out how to join our free alumni network:
👉 https://tinyurl.com/528wdcp4
📣 Now more than ever, we’re committed to staying connected with our students beyond school. Through our alumni network, we offer support, opportunities to build skills and confidence, and a way to give back.
It takes just two minutes to register: https://www.futurefirsthub.org.uk/register/beaconacademy
#SixthForm #Classof2025 #Prom2025 #BeaconAlumni #Alumni #MakeYourMARK
Beacon Academy / Published 9 Jul 2025
After completing their exams, some of our dedicated Year 11 students took the next step in their educational journey by participating in a week of work experience. With placements across more than 30 different sectors, including law, animal care, construction, hospitality, and engineering, students gained valuable insights into various industries.
We extend our sincere thanks to all the employers who hosted our students and contributed to their professional growth.
Visit our website to find out more: https://tinyurl.com/5n83vuav
If you are interested in supporting career development at Beacon Academy, please reach out to Ms Richardson on k.richardson@beacon-academy.org
#WorkExperience #Careers
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Beacon Academy / Published 8 Jul 2025
To support our growing and expanding school, we are seeking applications for support staff vacancies currently listed on our website.
👉 PE Technician
👉 Examination Invigilator
🔗 To view our vacancies, https://www.beacon-academy.org/join-us/job-opportunities
If you would like more information about any of our advertised roles, please contact the Human Resources department on 01892 603078 or email hr@beacon-academy.org in the first instance.
Please visit https://mynewterm.com/trust/MARK-Education-Trust/2259 to find out more and apply for vacancies across MARK Education Trust.
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Beacon Academy / Published 4 Jul 2025
Wonderful to see our Year 13 students arriving at East Sussex National Golf Resort & Spa for their Prom this evening! ✨ We hope everyone has a fantastic night celebrating together.
📣 Join our free alumni network: futurefirsthub.org.uk/register/beaconacademy
📸 Look out for more photos on our website next week!
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Beacon Academy / Published 4 Jul 2025
Thank you to our 2025-26 Year 7 cohort for two very positive transition days! We hope you enjoyed your time with us and look forward to seeing many of you at Summer School later this month, before we officially welcome you as Year 7s in September!
These days gave our new students the chance to meet their tutor and members of teaching and support staff, experience some lessons, become more familiar with our Beeches site and start to make new friends. It’s always lovely to see our current students supporting younger siblings or family friends - it really highlights the strength of our Beacon community.
Mr Sawyer, Head of Year 7, has commented: “It was great to meet nearly all of our new Year 7 students over the two transition days and see them in and around our site. Having got a chance to go round and meet all 10 tutor groups, it was especially pleasing to see lots of the students interacting and forming new positive relationships with students from different primary schools. I look forward to getting to know you all more during summer school in the first instance, and then from September onwards. If I don’t see you again before September, have a great summer holiday!”
If you have any questions or concerns, no matter how small, please reach out to us at: year7transition@beacon-academy.org.
#Welcome #Year6 #TeamBeacon #MakeYourMARK
🔗 Head over to our website to see more photos of our transition days: https://tinyurl.com/28jf8yxw
Beacon Academy / Published 3 Jul 2025
A huge well done to all Year 6 students who joined us today for the first of two exciting transition days at Beacon Academy! We have another day of activities planned for you to enjoy tomorrow and would like to say a big thank you to our wonderful Year 7 students who are supporting these sessions.
Visit our Year 6 into Year 7 transition portal to find more information and resources designed to support our new students and their families as they prepare to make the move from primary to secondary school.
👉 https://www.beacon-academy.org/join-us/year-6-into-year-7-transition
#Welcome #Year6intoYear7 #MakeYourMARK
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Beacon Academy / Published 3 Jul 2025
Our Year 13 leavers celebrated their final day at Sixth Form with an informal meeting and pizza in the Cafeteria this afternoon.
Head of Sixth Form, Mr Howarth, and Mr Hutchison, Head of Years 12 and 13, commended the year group on their resilience, commitment and hard work, and encouraged them to keep in touch by joining our free alumni network. Students presented members of the Sixth Form team and teaching staff with cards and gifts, thanking them for their exceptional support over the past two years.
We look forward to seeing Year 13 again at the Prom tomorrow evening!
📣 To join our free alumni network, visit https://www.futurefirsthub.org.uk/register/beaconacademy
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Beacon Academy / Published 30 Jun 2025
More images from Friday's Year 11 Prom at the American Express Stadium are now available to view via our website along with information about joining our free alumni network! https://tinyurl.com/2rvbw93d
We would also like to say a big thank you to Listen-Hear who kindly contributed towards this year’s prom! We are incredibly grateful and would like to thank the team at Listen-Hear! for the invaluable support they provide our students and their families both in and out of school.
Special thanks to everyone that helped to make this year's prom a night for our young people to remember!
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Beacon Academy / Published 30 Jun 2025
This Schools Alumni Week, we're celebrating the incredible achievements of our former students, who continue to make us proud. Whether you're near or far, left recently or long ago - once a Beacon student, you are always a part of our community.
Our current students gain so much from alumni who return to share their experiences and guidance. Here’s how you can get involved:
• Share your career journey
• Volunteer at our careers events
• Open doors for those who want to follow in your footsteps
👉 Sign up to volunteer: https://www.futurefirsthub.org.uk/register/beaconacademy
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Beacon Academy / Published 27 Jun 2025
Year 11 arrived at the American Express Stadium in style this evening for the Prom! We hope that everyone is having a brilliant evening!
Thank you to the AmEx for allowing us to take a photo in the stands and to Mrs Marchant, Mrs Feltham, and all staff involved in putting the Prom together.
Look out for more images on our website next week!
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