Exam Marker

Wickersley Partnership Trust, Rotherham, S60 1BX

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Casual hours up to 37 per week
• Contract type: Casual
• Hourly rate: £15

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential Requirements

• To be considered for this role, you will need to meet the following criteria:
• Qualifications: Possess suitable academic qualifications, including a degree in the subject or be working towards a degree in the subject
• Subject knowledge: Strong, current subject knowledge for the subject you are applying for.
• Residency: Must be a UK resident.
• Availability: Be available for approximately 3 weeks of intensive script marking, typically falling between the October, December, and/or February series.
• Training: Commit to undertaking mandatory Examiner training.
• Technical: Must have a personal Windows PC (Windows 8 or later) and secure broadband access.
• Previous marking experience is highly desirable.

What the school offers its staff

About WPT

At Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT), we are fueled by a single commitment: 'We never knowingly do less for other people’s children than we would for our own.' As a thriving network of schools across South Yorkshire, we combine high expectations with embedded inclusivity. We do not work in silos; instead, we rely on deep collaboration and school-to-school support to ensure every student develops socially, emotionally, and academically to achieve the highest standards.

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.

We are looking for highly accurate and experienced subject specialists to join our team of remote Exam Markers for the upcoming examination series. This flexible, contract role is ideal for qualified teachers or lecturers with deep knowledge of (GCSE English Literature, GCSE English Language, GCSE Mathematics, GCSE Statistics, GCSE Biology, GCSE Chemistry, GCSE Physics).

Responsibilities

• Marking Delivery: Accurately mark allocated examination scripts within strict deadlines, applying the official mark scheme consistently to ensure fair and equitable assessment.
• Quality Assurance: Participate in mandatory standardisation training and engage with digital marking platforms to ensure quality and consistency are maintained throughout the marking series.
• Compliance & Security: Maintain strict confidentiality and security of all exam materials and candidate data, completing all necessary administrative records in line with regulatory requirements.
• Commitment & IT: Ensure availability for intensive 3-week marking windows (typically Oct, Dec, and Feb) and possess the required IT setup (Windows PC/laptop with secure broadband) to undertake the work effectively.

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.

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About Wickersley Partnership Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Wickersley Partnership Trust website
• Email address: recruitment@wickersleypt.org
• Phone number: 01709807600
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wickersley-partnership-trust

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