Exams Invigilator

Trinity Academy, Bristol, BS7 9BY

39 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  29 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Hours: Hourly, by negotiation and agreement with the examinations officer during the exam periods. Usually mock exams take place in November and formal exams from the beginning of May to the end of June. Any other exam periods during the year as required.
• Contract type: Casual
• Hourly rate: hourly rate of £13.68 comprising £12.21 plus £1.47 holiday pay.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the areas below, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.

What the school offers its staff

About Us

Amplify Education is a dynamic new multi-academy trust of 22 schools across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset, formed through the thoughtful and planned merger of TiLA and CST. United by a shared vision, we are a bold voice for Bristol - committed to building belief in every young person, expanding opportunities, nurturing potential, and strengthening citizenship.

We are ambitious, reflective, and collaborative - driven to improve outcomes for young people while working together, learning from one another and continually strengthening our practice. If you are looking to make a real difference within a forward-thinking and supportive Trust, Amplify Education could be the place for you.

We invite you to join our team at Trinity Academy. Trinity is a highly oversubscribed free school that opened in 2019. We are a values based community that focuses on the learning of all students and staff, that cares deeply for our young people and each other and that is committed to co-curricular enrichment. Our stated goal is to be a +1 school for progress and as such, we are looking for an exceptional learning support assistant to join us in our mission.

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.

Purpose of the Role

To embrace the mission and values of Trinity Academy, ensuring that every student is supported to achieve their best. Exam invigilators ensure that examinations are conducted according to the regulations to:

• Ensure all candidates have an equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities

• Ensure the security of examination materials before, during and after the examination

• Prevent possible candidate malpractice

• Prevent possible administrative failures

Details of the Role

Our mission at Trinity Academy is to create a world class school. This is because at Trinity Academy we expect that all members of our community seek to become the best version of themselves. We do this by living out our three core values in all that we say and do. These are: Head, Heart and Soul.

We believe that education has the power to change lives and communities. We constantly strive to improve our practice, so that every student is empowered to realise their full potential academically, pastorally, in their sense of self and their own agency.

Every exam invigilation post at Trinity Academy must also embrace the following:

Trinity Academy General Exam Invigilator Requirements:

• Invigilators are required to declare if they have invigilated previously and whether they have any current maladministration/malpractice sanctions applied to them

• Confirm their availability to the Examinations Officer in advance of the main examination periods

• Understand and confirm that the confidentiality and security requirements surrounding the invigilation process are known, understood and will be followed at all times

• Be reliable, flexible and readily available during main examination periods

• Have effective communication skills and good interpersonal skills

• Work well as part of the Exam Invigilation team

• Be a confident and a reassuring presence to candidates in examination rooms

• Give instructions and manage situations involving different groups of people

• Use basic IT skills (use of email, mobile phone messaging etc.)

• Seek to achieve competence in the role and a rigorous understanding of the JCQ regulations

Trinity Academy Specific Exam Invigilator Responsibilities:

To conduct examinations in accordance with the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), awarding body and Trinity Academy’s regulations and instructions, and to have a key role in upholding the integrity and security of the external examination/assessment process.

Before examinations:

• Report to and be briefed by the exams officer prior to each exam session

• Keep confidential exam question papers and materials secure before, during and after exams

• Ensure exam rooms are set up according to the requirements

• Admit candidates into exam rooms under formal examination conditions

• Give full attention to conducting the examinations properly

• Identify candidates and seat candidates according to the required arrangements

• Distribute the correct question papers and exam materials to candidates

• Instruct candidates in the conduct of their exams

• Deal with candidate questions

• Start exams

During examinations:

• Supervise and observe candidates at all times and be vigilant throughout examinations

• Keep disruption in examination rooms to a minimum

• Deal with emergencies or irregularities effectively

• Record/report any incidents, disruption or irregularities

• Complete attendance registers

• Deal with candidate questions according to the regulations

After examinations:

• Instruct candidates in finishing their examinations and collect examination scripts and materials

• Dismiss candidates from the examination room

• Check candidates’ names on scripts, match the details on the attendance register

• Securely return all examination scripts and materials to the exams officer

Other tasks:

• Undertake training, update and review sessions as required

• Undertake annual online invigilator training and assessment when requested by the Examinations Officer

• Undertake, where required and where able, other duties requested by the exams officer, for example:

• centre supervision of examination timetable clash candidates between examination sessions

• facilitating access arrangements for candidates, for example as a reader, scribe etc. (full training will be provided)

• other exams-related administrative tasks including maintaining question paper security by supporting the ‘second pair of eyes check’

• Show genuine care and respect for our young people and for everyone who makes up the community at Trinity Academy

• Be mindful of your own wellbeing and that of your colleagues

If you would like to find out more about the school including FAQs, please visit the school website.

How to Apply

We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the requirements on the job description and/or person specification, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.

• Please complete our application form by Midnight on Sunday 29th November

• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview on Wednesday 9th or Thursday 10th December

• All candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application following the closing date

• We reserve the right to appoint before the deadline for an exceptional candidate.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Amplify Education are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:

• Ability to ensure and deliver effective safeguarding

• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. The post is subject to satisfactory completion of all vetting checks including the provision of two strong references and an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

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About Trinity Academy

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1062 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Trinity Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@trinityacademybristol.org
• Phone number: 0117 450 9379
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/trinity-academy-bristol

Trinity Academy is a highly oversubscribed free school that opened in 2019. We are a values based community that focuses on the learning of all students and staff, that cares deeply for our young people and each other and that is committed to co-curricular enrichment. Our stated goal is to be a +1 school for progress and as such, we are looking for a highly motivated, professional and well qualified teacher and leader to join us in our mission.

Why choose Trinity Academy?

Consistent behaviour and expectations allow you to focus on the craft and science of teaching
Weekly coaching for all staff and weekly department co planning
Exceptionally visible and supportive senior leadership team
Hardworking staff and students who want to do well
Schemes of work fully resourced and ready

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