Exams Invigilator

Watford Grammar School for Boys, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 7JF

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.68 Hourly including holiday pay

Exams Invigilator job summary

We are seeking to recruit new Exam Invigilators to work with the existing team in the running of all the internal and public examinations.

Key responsibilities

• Setting up examination rooms;
• Ensuring correct exam processes are followed;
• Monitoring students during exams to ensure that JCQ exam regulations are adhered to and students can perform to their best ability;
• Collecting papers and completing any necessary paperwork.

Requirements

• You will be reliable, flexible and readily available during exam periods;
• You will need to have effective communication skills and good interpersonal skills including the ability to give instructions and manage situations involving different groups of people;
• You must be able to work effectively both on your own and within a team;
• You will be confident and have a reassuring presence to candidates in the exam room;
• You will need to have good spoken and written English and basic IT skills;
• Experience of invigilation is not required as full training in the role and duties of an invigilator will be provided.

Contract

The main exam periods are January-March (mocks) and May-June (GCSEs and A-levels). This is a Casual contract and the exact hours of work will be by negotiation.

The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory right to work and enhanced DBS check with a barred list check. The closing date for applications is 21st November 2025.

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

The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS Check

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.

About Watford Grammar School for Boys

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1610 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Watford Grammar School for Boys website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watford-grammar-school-for-boys

A leading, partially selective UK State School for boys aged 11-18, with an enviable national reputation for academic achievement and excellence across a broad range of sporting, musical and artistic pursuits. Expanding from 7 to 8 form entry from 2018. Outstanding Ofsted - October 2021

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