Invigilator
The Portsmouth Grammar School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2LN25 days remaining to apply
Job start date
18 March 2026
Closing date
27 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £14.68 Hourly
Invigilator job summary
The Portsmouth Grammar School is a leading co-educational school located in the historic heart of Portsmouth. We are very much a family school known for excellent teaching, superb pastoral care and wide-ranging co-curricular opportunities and offer an education across the age range from Pre-School to Sixth Form.
We are seeking to appoint to our established team of regular part-time Invigilators at The Portsmouth Grammar School.
We welcome applications from candidates who can support external exams in the summer term 2026 and we hope successful candidates will be willing to join our team of regular invigilators who are available to return throughout the year to support both internal and external exams on an ad hoc basis.
Invigilators conduct external exams in the presence of candidates, ensuring that the integrity of the process is upheld in accordance with the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) guidelines. In addition, they can be offered sessions to support the school’s own cycle of internal exams in accordance with the school’s policies and procedures for internal examinations.
Our regular invigilators support examinations at key times throughout the year which are typically as follows;
- May and June for external exams at GCSE/IGCSE and A Level
- October and November external exam re-sits
- January internal mock exams
- At other times during the academic year as required by the Head of Examinations
Invigilator hours will be determined by the school’s Head of Examinations. The school makes no specific guarantee of any work throughout the year and invigilator requirements for the summer term external exam schedule will not be known until after Easter each year.
For the summer exams Invigilators should be available for at least 3 days each week during May and June 2026. This will need to be confirmed in advance of the exam period through the completion of an availability schedule.
It is a requirement of employment that invigilators must be available for an annual meeting and training session before the start of the summer term exams. In 2026, the meeting will take place on Wednesday 18th March. This meeting will include safeguarding training, word processing training and invigilation training. Invigilators may also be asked to attend additional invigilator meetings or training throughout the year (possibly in November). This could also involve online training.
Examinations in the summer term 2026 will take place from 7th May to 24th June 2026 and the length of sessions can vary. For invigilators, morning sessions start at 8.30 am and can finish anytime between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm. Afternoon sessions start at 1.30 pm and can finish anytime between 3.30 pm and 6.30 pm. There are no examinations during the summer Half Term (25th May - 29th May).
For external examinations, you will be paid for the full period of each examination, including any extra time granted to individual candidates, plus an allowance of 30 minutes’ administrative time to enable each examination to be started and finished smoothly.
Following the summer term exam session, we hope that you will wish to join our team of regular invigilators and work on an ad hoc basis throughout the year as required by the Head of Examinations. These additional invigilation sessions will be offered throughout the year but there will be no expectation that you must undertake them. This would be only on a basis that you are willing and free to attend. It is essential that our regular invigilators are registered with the DBS update service.
How to apply:
Candidates are asked to apply via MyNewTerm.
Any enquiries about the role or how to apply are welcome at recruitment@pgs.org.uk
The closing date for applications is midday on Tuesday 27th January 2026 with interviews to be held on the school site on Monday 2nd February 2026. However, we are also holding interview dates on 19th January and 23rd January and encourage earlyapplications for this role and reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and applicants may be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of their application.
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.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Portsmouth Grammar School
- School type
- Independent school, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 1142 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Portsmouth Grammar School website
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