Exam Invigilator

Hayle Academy, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 4DN

277 days remaining to apply

Start date details
TBC
Closing date
31 August 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 October 2024

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time: The hours required per day vary depending on the Exam Timetable each period. Typically there are Morning and/or Afternoon Exams. You will need to be available during the examination periods in November, February, March, May and June on days agreed in advance.
Contract type: Casual
Hourly rate: £11.54

What skills and experience we're looking for

1) Assisting in the setting up of the examination room.

2) Helping in the opening and distribution of question papers and other authorised materials to candidates.

3) Supervising the orderly entry of students into the exam room and ensuring that they are correctly identified and seated according to the seating plan.

4) Starting and ending examinations according to the regulations and ensuring that the examination regulations are observed throughout the exam.

5) Taking responsibility for a group of candidates when in the exam room.

6) Collecting exam scripts and arranging in candidate number order.

7) Maintaining security and confidentiality.

What the school offers its staff

Hayle Academy is looking for Invigilators, Readers and Scribes to join the existing Exams Team, to assist with our examinations and internal assessments held throughout the year. You will need to be available during the examination periods in November, February, March, May and June, on days agreed in advance. The hours required per day vary depending on the Exam Timetable each period. Typically there are Morning and/or Afternoon Exams. You might be required for only morning or afternoon or alternatively for both on a given day with a break between Exams. You will also be required to attend an annual training session.

Candidates should be friendly, punctual, professional, reliable and organised, and have excellent communication skills. Previous experience of working with children would be an advantage, however training will be provided.

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.