Exam Invigilator

The Canterbury Academy, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  11 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: 14.24 per hour

Exam Invigilator job summary

The Canterbury Academy Trust is seeking people who are enthusiastic, flexible, organised and reliable to join our invigilation team.

Your role will be to support the Examinations Officers in conducting examinations in an environment that enables candidates to perform at their best and in accordance with the regulations laid down by the Joint Council for Qualifications. You will supervise students taking external examinations and some internal mock and assessment tests.

You will be required to be available for work, on a supply basis. Invigilators are required throughout the year for internal and external examinations, with the busiest time being the summer term. The role requires excellent customer service skills including effective communication skills. You will be a confident communicator, comfortable working under pressure and multi-tasking, and able to enforce regulations firmly and fairly whilst dealing effectively and promptly with any issues. Flexibility, reliability and an eye for detail are essential, as is the ability to communicate in clear, spoken English.

Full training will be provided however experience of working in an educational environment would be beneficial.

Please apply as soon as possible as this advertisement will be withdrawn as soon as sufficient suitable candidates are identified.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Canterbury Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1984 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Canterbury Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-canterbury-academy

The Canterbury Academy creates ‘a wealth of opportunity’ and allows us to offer 'as much as possible, as often as possible, for as many as possible'. Our simple aim is to ‘improve the life chances of children and to help in the community’.

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