Casual Examination Invigilator

The Cooper School, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RS

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2025

• Closing date

  9 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £14.97 Hourly Hourly rate is inclusive of holiday pay

Casual Examination Invigilator job summary

The Cooper School is seeking casual Exam Invigilators to join the existing team to support the school with invigilation of external and internal examinations.

Applicants will need to be available for a reasonable stretch of time during exam periods. The work will be divided into approximately 2 or 3 hour sessions either in the morning and/or afternoon. Many of the morning sessions are between 9.00am and 12.00pm and afternoon sessions usually start at 1.00pm and can have a duration of up to 3 hours.

Previous experience of working in a school environment and/or as an Exam Invigilator is desirable but not essential as full training will be given. Candidates must have a knowledge of, or a willingness to learn about, exam access arrangements. Please see the attached job description for further information relating to the role and skills/experience required.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Cooper School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1228 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Cooper School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-cooper-school-bicester

At The Cooper School, we pride ourselves on being forward thinking in terms of curriculum decisions which support our students; focused on improving learning through the use of new technologies and determined to continuously refine our approaches to teaching and learning. Investing in the Media Suite reflects a small part of our approach to making learning engaging, relevant and active for our students.

Joining us as a member of staff at The Cooper School means being able to see the big picture for the students here. It means that whilst we always strive for academic excellence, we also place great value upon students becoming adaptable, resourceful and enquiring. These are the sort of skills that will enable them to become effective citizens, just as much as their academic results will. As such, we encourage independent learning, enrichment initiatives and House-based teamwork and co-operation.

Working here is an opportunity to flourish as a professional. We ‘grow our own’ leaders. Many new staff have taken on additional responsibilities which is a mark of their quality and commitment to making progress in their own careers as well as their desire to become part of a successful and positive organisation.

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