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  • Start date details

    Immediate

  • Closing date

    29 January 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    14 January 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£15,614.00 - £16,938.00 Annually (Actual)

Examinations Officer job summary

As part of The Wensum Trust, we believe that our shared duty is to help every child to develop into high achieving, confident, healthy, caring and resilient members of their family and community. We want our schools to be healthy environments where both children and staff can develop and where strong, positive relationships are key. Our school, therefore, practices a relational approach with children, our families and our communities. We are particularly interested in working with people who share Our Qualities; who will work effectively and flexibly as part of a team.

Alderman Peel High School is a small, oversubscribed 11-16 school situated in beautiful North Norfolk. We believe strongly in an inclusive education and that every single student and member of staff should be supported to achieve excellence. Our team ethos is central to our success and we would welcome applications from similar minded professionals. We are looking to appoint an Exams Officer to help guide staff and students through internal and external examinations. The successful candidate will:

  • Be approachable and confident dealing with pupils, staff and parents.
  • Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Be pro-active, self-motivated and take ownership of tasks.
  • Be a flexible, highly efficient and organised person.

Exam Officer responsibilities include:

  • Plan, administrate and coordinate exams: entries, timetables, booking rooms, seating plans, room and resource preparation, exam start times, absenteeism and results
  • Keep accurate up to date student data with regards to access arrangements, exam packs and timetables
  • Ensure you are aware of the latest changes in exam guidelines
  • Checking the correct examination papers and quantities arrive, maintain the safekeeping of exam documents as per guidelines and dispatch of papers on examination days
  • Communicate with awarding organisations including AQA, Edexcel, Ofqual, and DfE.
  • Maintain records and confidentiality of candidate’s responses and track student achievements

Being a part of The Wensum Trust’s family of schools offers employees unique experiences to work alongside our strategic partners and to collaborate with a wider network of staff. We believe in investing in employees as individuals, by providing training opportunities that help to develop both existing and new skill sets, to encourage career progression at all levels.

We value our staff and are committed to supporting their wellbeing. We have a Schools Advisory Service (SAS) employee support programme which all staff can access 24 hours a day. The SAS provides counselling services, legal information and guidance, musculoskeletal services and online resources such as nutrition diaries, healthy eating plans, personal coaching questionnaires and tools and fitness programs.

We care about bringing together the most able people, to help us achieve our vision of providing a rounded education for children, quality support for their families and opportunities to enrich our communities.

For further information on this vacancy and our school, please contact Kelly Cawston on kcawston88rb@nsix.org.uk.

Safer Recruitment

The Wensum Trust is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Wensum Trust is exempt from the Rehabilitations of Offenders Act 1974 and all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as 'spent' must be declared. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks.

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.
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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.

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About Alderman Peel High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
604 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
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We are a small popular 11-16 school with high expectations of all children which leads to very impressive rates of progress for all, irrespective of individual ability.

We promise to offer our students an excellent education taught by talented, enthusiastic and motivated staff.

We have an established reputation for providing a progressive education for all our students, alongside a strong community ethos where children feel cared for, supported and challenged. We want students to leave our school as confident, proud, happy, creative and responsible citizens, ready for their future.

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