Exams Assistant
Wellsway School, Bristol, BS31 1PH2 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 February 2025
Closing date
2 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 20 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 18/07/2025
Actual salary
- Grade 4, SCP 7-8 Actual salary: £11,723 to £11,910
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a passionate professional ready to build your future?
Do you want to work in a supportive environment where your skills and contributions are valued?
Join us!
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an environment where every employee - whether in teaching, support, or leadership - can flourish. We strive to attract, develop, and retain the very best talent by creating a culture that values professional development, wellbeing, and inclusion.
Your Role in Building Brighter Futures
As an Exams Assistant at Wellsway School, you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of Futura’s mission statement of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish”. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about living our values and making a positive impact on all the young people in our Trust.
Wellsway School is a successful, high-performing 11-18 mixed comprehensive that is popular and over-subscribed, with almost 1300 students on roll. Our school has an excellent reputation locally and in the wider community for academic excellence and the quality of its pastoral care and support.
As Exams Assistant you will be responsible for:
- Assisting the Examinations Officer in carrying out their responsibilities.
- Maintaining systems and databases for producing schedules, reports and management information for examination administration and assessment management.
- Disseminating information and answer enquiries regarding external examinations with staff, students and parents/carers.
- Assisting with the development of a centre timetable to include dates, times, venues and number of candidates.
- Assisting in developing the invigilation programme, including briefing and training current invigilators in school procedures.
- Being involved in the recruitment, allocation and supervision of invigilators.
- Liaising with the SEN/D coordinator regarding candidates with SEN/D; applying to awarding bodies for special arrangements for such candidates.
- To assist with the organisation of exam materials, including question papers, in accordance with regulations.
What You’ll Bring to Futura
We are looking for a highly motivated and suitably qualified person with the skills to provide organisational and administrative support to the Exams and Data Officer. You will work as part of a small team in a busy environment, delivering key tasks and activities that support both Wellsway School and IKB Academy in their provision of examinations and student data.
- Qualifications: Good standard of education
- Experience: of providing administrative support in a busy environment and collaboratively as part of a team
- Skills: Excellent communication, planning, organisation and IT skills
- Demonstrates a passion for creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all members of our school community.
- Aligns with our trust-wide values by bringing a positive, collaborative approach to their work and a willingness to continuously develop professionally.
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer to Support Your Growth
- Professional Growth:Continuous Professional Development (CPD), inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes.
- Wellbeing Support:Initiatives like ‘Wellbeing Moments,’ flexible working arrangements, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for mental health support.
- Comprehensive Benefits:Generous defined pension schemes, Health Cash-back Plan (covering dentist, physiotherapy appointments etc.), and multiple retail discount schemes.
- Sustainability Commitment:Reducing our carbon footprint through our Climate and Nature initiatives across all schools.
- Inclusive Culture:A collaborative environment where diversity is celebrated, helping staff bring their best selves to work and thrive in their roles.
Application Deadline:02/02/2025 @ 23:59 pm
Interviews are likely to be held soon thereafter.
PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.
Futura Learning Partnership is Committed to Safeguarding:Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, one of which must be from your existing/most recent employer and completed by a Headteacher/appropriate senior manager/HR Lead, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, online searches and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.
Equal Opportunities:At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is treated fairly. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to supporting our staff to achieve their full potential.
Safeguarding StatementFutura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006'.
Commitment to safeguarding
Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006’.
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About Wellsway School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1318 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Wellsway School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@futuralearning.co.uk
A successful, high-performing 11-18 mixed comprehensive that is popular and over-subscribed, with almost 1300 students on roll. The school is set on the east side of Keynsham, eight miles north-west of Bath and seven miles south-east of Bristol and we are fortunate to have a large, semi-rural setting with excellent transport links for students and staff. Having been part of the Wellsway Multi-Academy Trust since it was founded has already brought many benefits to the school community and a real strength of the trust is its cross phase nature, allowing us to work with leaders with a wide range of experiences and students across all the age ranges.
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