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About Beacon East

Beacon East is an Education Business Partnership and Careers Guidance provider working across the East Region; predominantly in Norfolk & Suffolk areas.

Welcome to Beacon East

Beacon East is an Education Business Partnership and Careers Guidance Provider working across the East Region. The company’s mission is to develop'meaningful relationships between education and business & industry'.

We are an exciting and evolving company dedicated to making a real difference with all the clients we work with. Our style is informal and we hope a relaxed one. We actively encourage ideas and suggestions for improvement from clients and partners. New and innovative ways to improve business efficiency and quality of delivery will always be welcome.

Mission

"Beacon East aims to forge meaningful relationships between education and business & industry."

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Vision

"With every education business link or careers activity; Beacon East aims to Engage, Enthuse and Embed creating a long term legacy rather than just a one off experience."

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Values

• Excellence
• Professionalism
• Respect

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history

Our Story - Beacon East

Mark Bruhin, Founder & CEO

Beacon East is an Education Business Partnership and Careers Guidance provider working across the East Region; predominantly in Norfolk & Suffolk areas. The company was founded and set up by Mark Bruhin in 2007. Mark’s background prior to starting the business was in education where he was a secondary teacher and senior manager at schools across Cambridgeshire & Suffolk.

Since 2007 the company has broadened it's service offer and successfully delivered numerous local and regional contracts. The company’s mission is to develop 'meaningful relationships between education and business & industry'. This is achieved through a wide range of exciting activities, including student ‘world of work’ experiences, teacher CPD and Careers Guidance services. With every education-business link or careers activity the company aims to ‘Engage, Enthuse and Embed’ creating a long-term legacy rather than just a one-off experience. Beacon East rarely works in isolation and works with a wide range of partners to deliver high quality services.

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The Team

Beacon East works with a fantastic team of associates who are incredibly passionate about what they do. They are all highly trained and experienced in their field of work. Many not only work, but live in the same area where they support young people. Consequently, they have a real understanding of young peoples' needs and the LMI in that area of Norfolk or Suffolk. For more information on our services or if you are interested in working with Beacon East contact info@beacon-east.co.uk

Careers Guidance Advisers

Belinda Ladds

LITCHAM SCHOOL • Alderman Peel High School • The Nicholas Hamond Academy • Dereham 6th Form College

Beth Bridges

City of Norwich School • Great Yarmouth Charter Academy • Caister Academy • Alde Valley Academy

Ellen de Winnaar

IES BRECKLAND SCHOOL • wymondham college • Iceni Academy

Emma Durand

Sprowston Community Academy • Fakenham Academy

Jamie Robson

EATON HALL SCHOOL • Harford Manor School • The Clare School • Kingsbrook School

Jay Roll

Stalham High School

Kelly Lee

Norfolk Short Stay School • City Academy Norwich • Open Academy

Kerry Bray

Acorn Park School •East Coast College (Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Campuses) • bramfield house school • pakefield high school • Archbishop Sancroft High School • Acle Academy

Laura Andrews

Currently on maternity leave

Liz Edwards

Norwich High School For Girls

Marion Gibbons

Ormiston Denes Academy • Ormiston Venture Academy • Lynn Grove Academy

Natasha Hunt

East Coast College (Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft Campuses) • HOBART HIGH SCHOOL • Bungay High School • Cliff Park Ormiston Academy

Nicky Rallison

BROADLAND HIGH SCHOOL • Sewell Park Academy • Sprowston Community Academy

Paula Stone

AURORA ECCLES SCHOOL • LAC Outreach Support • Sheridan School

Rachel Watson

Flegg High Ormiston Academy • Dereham Northgate High School • UASC Support

Robert Prosser

Wayland Academy

Rosie Jenkins

Dereham Neatherd High School • Sheringham High School

Siobhan Whiddett

HEWETT ACADEMY • NOTRE DAME HIGH SCHOOL

Sue Osborne

Cromer Academy

Tracey Scarsbrook

Jane Austen College • Long Stratton High School
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Services provided by Beacon East

Beacon East Core Services

Beacon East is an Education Business Partnership and Careers Guidance provider working across the east region; predominately in Norfolk & Suffolk. Beacon East manage and deliver a wide range of services:

  • CPD for teachers & education professionals
  • Careers Guidance services
  • Work Related Learning & Enterpise Education support
  • STEM support
  • Business & industry CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Support
  • Bespoke consultancy & project management
services

Matrix accreditation

The Matrix Standard is widely recognised by the CDI (Career Development
Institute), DfE (Department for Education), Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education) and many other key organisations as the highest award in this field. It is also a clear
demonstration of high quality service delivery and commitment to making a real
difference with clients. Partners and clients seeking to work with an external organisation should ideally work with a Matrix accredited organisation.

The Matrix Standard is the unique quality framework for organisations to assess and measure their information, advice and/or guidance services, which ultimately supports
individuals in their choice of career, learning, work and life goals. For more
information on the Matrix Standard go to

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Partners with Beacon East

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You may be aware that the Data Protection Laws changed in 2018. Beacon East takes your privacy seriously. We will not share your personal details with third parties and will only use your personal details to provide information on the products and services you requested from us. Beacon East has always been fully committed to protecting any data we have about you. We are updating our processes to ensure we are consistent and in line with the new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). As part of this, we would like to make sure that you want to continue hearing from us. Please contact us at info@beacon-east.co.uk if you would like to opt out of our mailing list or cease having any contact from Beacon East. Thank you.

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