Exam Invigilator
Buckler's Mead School, Yeovil, BA21 4NH11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
12 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Dates of exams 2026-27 Year 11 internal exams - 9th to 20th November 2026 Year 11 internal exams - 22nd February to 5th March 2027 Public exams (GCSEs) - 10th May to 18th June 2027 Year 10 internal exams - 21st June to 2nd July 2027
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- £13.28 - £13.48
What skills and experience we're looking for
Casual Hours – Term Time only
BANES Grade 1 Point 3 (£13.28 per hour plus 12.1% uplift)
Buckler’s Mead Academy is seeking organised and professional people to join our friendly team of Exam Invigilators. This is a vital role within our academy, ensuring support for our students to achieve their best outcomes by providing a calm and controlled examination environment.
Dates of exams 2026-27
Year 11 internal exams - 9th to 20th November 2026
Year 11 internal exams - 22nd February to 5th March 2027
Public exams (GCSEs) - 10th May to 18th June 2027
Year 10 internal exams - 21st June to 2nd July 2027
We are looking for people who are able to commit, ideally to at least three days per week during these periods.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare the exam room, ensuring candidates are seated according to the seating plan.
Distribute and collect exam papers.
Supervise candidates during the exam.
Maintain confidentiality and security of exam materials.
Prompt, read or scribe for students with exam access arrangements.
Person Specification
Good communication skills, clear, calm and professional.
Team player, willing to work collaboratively with the Exams Officer and colleagues.
A desire to help students in a kind and patient manner.
Available during the exam periods, sometimes at short notice
Experience is not required as full training will be provided.
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer you the opportunity to work with motivated students, the full support of a dedicated and committed team of staff, a supportive induction programme and ongoing professional development, plus the opportunity to work in a developing academy in a beautiful area of the South West. We seek to significantly invest in developing all of our staff. Having joined the Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership in September 2021, we are part of a Trust which is often considered the ‘market leader’ in the South West for school improvement. The successful candidate will benefit from Trust wide opportunities, such as early careers induction, CPD and working with colleagues across Trust schools.
Having achieved another "record-breaking" set of results in summer 2025, and following on from our
Ofsted visit in May 2024 where we were judged as a strong ‘Good’ in all areas, Buckler’s Mead Academy is
going from strength to strength.
Staff benefits include free on-site parking, membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and access for all staff to the Employee Assistance Programme “Health Assured”, which is a telephone based advice, information and counselling service. A selection of meals, snacks and drinks is available for staff to purchase at lunch and break times.
Buckler’s Mead Academy is a highly inclusive academy, serving the east of Yeovil, Somerset. Our vision as an academy is “an inspiring education for all”. We believe that all members of our community should be given the opportunity to be happy, to achieve, participate and become successful. Our job as professionals is to ensure this happens. All our staff sign up to these aspirations and play a full role in contributing to this vision through inclusive teaching. We seek to recruit dedicated and talented staff, highly committed to making a difference.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Buckler's Mead is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children.
We have a duty of care and the right to take reasonable action, ensuring the welfare and safety of pupils. If staff have cause for concern that a child is subject to any form of abuse, we will follow child protection procedures and inform Children’s Services.
Buckler’s Mead meets statutory requirements relating to Disclosure & Barring Service – all staff and volunteers who work with Buckler’s Mead Academy who meet the ‘regulated activity test’ (Freedoms Act 2012) are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to employment.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Buckler's Mead School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 812 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- chantal.hanna@bucklersmead.mnsp.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01935424454
Originally established as Buckler's Mead School in 1957, Buckler’s Mead Academy is now a successful 11- 16 academy where we pride ourselves on providing an inspiring education for all. This is achieved through a strong sense of community, providing a wide range of opportunities, ensuring students enjoy school and are ultimately successful in their chosen field.
We believe in providing a learning environment that is calm, orderly and respectful, where our students can reach their full potential and go on to be happy, successful and fulfilled members of the community.
In September 2021 the Academy joined the Midsomer Norton Partnership Trust. This is a strong trust of more than 25 schools, including 11 secondary schools. The trust is often described as the 'market leader' in the South West and has an exceptional record for providing high quality educational provision to all of its students.
Arranging a visit to Buckler's Mead School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email chantal.hanna@bucklersmead.mnsp.org.uk.
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