Exam Invigilators
The King Alfred School, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3EE13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
27 October 2025
Closing date
25 September 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13.05 per hour
Exam Invigilators job summary
6 Positions available
Casual contract
£13.05 (gross per hour)
The Priory Learning Trust (Somerset Business Award winner for Employer of the Year 2023) is looking to recruit enthusiastic Exam Invigilators to work at The King Alfred School – An Academy site in Highbridge.
As an Exam Invigilator, you will play a key role in ensuring that examinations are conducted in line with school and JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications) regulations. You will assist with setting up the exam room, admitting and seating students, distributing and collecting exam papers, monitoring students during exams, and maintaining a calm, supportive environment.
Full training will be provided. This is a casual, term-time-only role with hours dependent on the school’s examination timetable.
If you are committed to supporting young people and would like to be part of an important stage in their education journey, we would love to hear from you.
As part of this role, you will;
- Have responsibility for the invigilation of examinations as directed by the Examinations Officer.
- To ensure that any minor behaviour issues are dealt with in line with the school policy and Examination Code of Conduct and are reported to the supervising teacher/Examinations Officer immediately.
- To assist in admitting the candidates into the examination room and enabling them to find their seats quietly and efficiently.
The successful candidate will have;
- Highly organised and attentive to detail
- Calm under pressure and able to follow procedures precisely
- Professional and approachable, with the ability to manage student behaviour fairly and consistently
- Confident in using basic IT systems
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and strive to accommodate a variety of working arrangements, so we encourage you to apply. At our school, we take staff workload seriously and prioritise creating a supportive environment where teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. As part of a local Trust, our staff also benefit from collaborative opportunities and resources that come with being part of a wider community.
About The Priory Learning Trust:
TPLT grew from an intent to bring the power of partnership and sharing to bear and provide a first-class education to a wide range of children, from all backgrounds.
At our heart is a passion to put ‘Students First’ and deliver exceptional education; beyond outstanding for every single child. We do this with a relentless drive for academic excellence, shared moral purpose and values combined with lots of fun and happiness. We believe that happy schools are also high-achieving, successful schools.
We strive for partnerships between students, families, staff and the wider community to create exceptional student outcomes. We also ‘cherish’ our staff. We believe they are amazing and are passionate to empower them through support, training, and career opportunities. With such brilliant people all aiming for the same goals, we are able to ensure every student achieves all that they are capable of and more, regardless of their background.
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
The Priory Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All paid positions which involve working regularly within academies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must declare all convictions (including convictions with Absolute Discharge), cautions or bind-overs you may have, even if they would otherwise be regarded as ‘Spent’ under this Act and where applicable any disqualifications under the Childcare Act.
The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service filtering guide.
This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.
Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, online searches and Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
Please see the following links to our Child Protection and Safeguarding policy and Recruitment and Selection policy.
Closing Date: 25 September 2025
Proposed Interview Date: 25 September 2025
Proposed Start Date: 27 October 2025
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The King Alfred School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1216 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
School location
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