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Admin Assistant - Exams

Eden Park High School, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RD

This job expired on 16 April 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  April 24

• Closing date

  16 April 2024 at 1pm

• Date listed

  27 March 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,854.00 Annually (FTE) Actual £20,826

Admin Assistant - Exams job summary

Based at Eden Park High School

Education for the 21st Century is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all of our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care. 

We want the very best for all of our young people. Our plan to ensure that we deliver great schools is underpinned by our shared values of trust, kindness, and endeavour. Our schools and our staff are collaborative and we seek to create consistency and quality throughout.  

Our leaders create improvement in schools that is robust and sustainable. We are as enthusiastic about developing and nurturing our staff, as we are about developing our young people. Our professional development programs and our approach to school improvement provide quality and rigor while creating a depth of experience and learning for our staff. 

About the role:

• Maintain effective communication with Awarding Body personnel, school staff, students and parents ensuring that all queries and appeals are dealt with efficiently meeting required deadlines.

• To monitor cost effectiveness within an Examination budget.

• In conjunction with Exam Lead, to liaise with Heads of Departments with regards to the relevant exam boards and syllabuses studied to examination level. To process entries, predicted grades and coursework marks, submitting entries so that Exam Boards receive correct student entries on time.

• Responsible for the preparation and distribution of exam timetables and communication for Mock examinations.

• To import exam results of external examinations and manage the integration into the school MIS system.

• In conjunction with Exam Lead, to manage the conduct of all examinations ensuring that they meet with the regulations set out by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ).

• To contribute and update relevant examination policies for the school so that the examination system, rules and regulations set by the awarding bodies and JCQ are clear to all members of staff in the school.

• Collate and submit required information for controlled assessment and/or coursework as required to efficiently meet required deadlines.

• To assist Exam Lead with ad-hoc reports and information as required.

• In conjunction with Exam Lead, to oversee the management of the invigilation team, ensuring relevant training takes place.

• To produce reports to assist with the analysis of examinations and assessment data, producing easily accessible information for teachers and learners

• To be involved with and contribute to JCQ inspections

• Manage the daily running of external examinations, including instruction of invigilators, ensuring the examination materials are in place for the start of the examination, collected, and dispatched after the examination in accordance with the appropriate regulations.

• Preparation and organisation of examination materials, including managing the secure storage of examination papers ensuring JCQ compliance standards are met.

• To issue to all students taking exams an information pack with all JCQ regulations, along with the schools expectations of them, together with their examination timetable, including the resolution of clashes.

• To manage the checking and distribution of Examination results and certificates.

• Ensure all students have correct ULNs

• Any other duties as reasonably required by any manager of the school.

• Participate in the ongoing development, implementation and monitoring of the school plans.

• Attend regular meetings as required and make a positive contribution during meetings

  To be a qualified first aider and administer as necessary

*We reserve the right to this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Education for the 21st Century is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Education for the 21st Century is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.

Commitment to safeguarding

Education for the 21st Century is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Education for the 21st Century is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.

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About Eden Park High School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1190 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Eden Park High School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eden-park-high-school (opens in new tab)

Education for the 21st Century is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all of our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care.

We want the very best for all of our young people. Our plan to ensure that we deliver great schools is underpinned by our shared values of trust, kindness, and endeavour. Our schools and our staff are collaborative, and we seek to create consistency and quality throughout.

Our leaders create improvement in schools that is robust and sustainable. We are as enthusiastic about developing and nurturing our staff, as we are about developing our young people. Our professional development programs and our approach to school improvement provide quality and rigor while creating a depth of experience and learning for our staff.

In joining Eden Park High School and the family of schools within E21C you will gain access to an unparalleled level of support and development in a forward-thinking school and trust.

Eden Park High School is a new school in Beckenham. We opened in 2017, moved into our purpose-built new premises in 2019, celebrated our first ever GCSE results in 2022 and have opened our new Sixth Form this September. With a new and expanded leadership team, this young school is starting an exciting new chapter as we build the culture, systems and teams that will see us expand further over the next two years and deliver an outstanding quality of education for the community.

We are currently recruiting exceptional teachers and support staff who want to be part of our journey of transformation. We want people who will share in our ethos and values and set a new standard of excellence and inspire young minds.

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