Exam Invigilator

Bedford Free School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9AD

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2026

• Closing date

  12 October 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  18 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full time equivalent salary: £12.71 Hourly National Living Wage £12.71 per hour

Exam Invigilator job summary

Exam Invigilator

We are looking to recruit Exam Invigilators who have the right attitude and will represent our positive ‘can do’ ethos that runs through our School. You will join our team of Exam Invigilators that have an important role in delivering successful examination seasons at Bedford Free School.

The purpose of this role is to implement examination procedures and ensure the proper conduct of examination candidates. You will be responsible for setting up exam rooms and collecting, distributing and the returning of all papers and ensuring all rules and regulations are followed.

The ideal candidates will be able to demonstrate excellent inter-personal skills, an outstanding attendance and punctuality record, resilience, the ability to work in an organised and methodical manner.

Examinations are a crucial element of school life, and we want to ensure that our students have the most efficient and effective experience possible. Therefore, we are looking to recruit Exam Invigilators on a casual basis who will be instrumental in supporting this aim.

The successful candidate will:

• Be reliable, flexible and readily available during main exam periods
• Have effective communication skills, good interpersonal skills and be suitably dressed
• Work well as part of a team
• Be confident and a reassuring authoritative presence to candidates in exam rooms
• Be able to give instructions and manage situations involving different groups of people
• Have good IT skills
• Be able to memorise rules and regulations from Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ)
• Understand and apply detailed written instructions, whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• Maintain Confidentiality
• Use initiative in response to unexpected situations
• Be aware and committed to equal opportunities and diversity
• Be able to exercise good judgement
• Have basic literacy and numeracy skills
• Be able to address health, safety or welfare issues

Job Specifics

Start date: November 2026

Salary: National Living Wage £12.71 per hour

Job Role: Casual contract, hours of work managed by Line manager arranging directly with you and agreeing your daily schedule for the internal and external exam seasons.

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

The safeguarding and welfare of children is paramount and all our staff share this view. Applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding and child protection checks including with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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

Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our pupils. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.

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 Bedford Free School

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 536 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Bedford Free School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bedford-free-school

Set up in 2012 by local teachers and parents, Bedford Free School exists to offer families a choice in Bedford.

Bedford Free School is a unique school with a fantastic educational offer. We really do believe that our pupils can go on to achieve extraordinary things. In our young history, we have proved they can and we are now one of the highest performing secondary schools not only in the area, but in the country.

BFS is a small school of only around 500 pupils, so staff get to know each pupil as an individual and we have a family feel. This allows us to encourage, demand and collectively strive for academic and personal success.

We believe that all pupils deserve a ‘grammar-school’ style education, with access to an academic curriculum, strong discipline, high expectations and access to highly selective universities, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.

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