Religious Studies examiner
AQA
Remote
- £1 - £1,000 per year
- Salary:
- Estimated earnings approximately £1,000 depending on the paper.
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 30 April 2026
Job overview
Looking to build your CPD, share best practice with a community of subject experts and further inspire your teaching? AQA is recruiting GCSE examiners for Religious Studies for summer 2026. This flexible role fits alongside a full-time teaching job and is completed online from home.
Key responsibilities
Review student responses and apply the mark scheme accurately and consistently to ensure fair results.
Commit an average of 15 to 20 hours a week to marking during the exam period.
Mark around 190 exam papers.
Complete your marking over approximately one month. Full details of your allocation, deadlines and earnings will be confirmed when you receive your contract.
Why become a GCSE Religious Studies examiner?
Benefit from expert training and support. We will equip you with everything you need to feel confident and succeed.
Build your CPD, gain insight into how students respond to exam questions, sharpen your marking skills and bring valuable knowledge back into your classroom.
Join a community of subject specialists. Share best practice and work alongside other Religious Studies teachers and examiners, supported by an experienced team leader.
Mark from home or school at times that suit you, with clear deadlines and ongoing support.
Estimated earnings approximately £1,000 depending on paper and quota.
What you need
Preferably three full terms teaching Religious Studies within the last five years. We’re also considering applications from trainee teachers and ECTs for Religious Studies, subject to requirements.
A senior referee who can verify your relevant experience.
Preferably a degree, teaching qualification or equivalent in Religious Studies or a related field.
Take part in standardisation, which gives you the chance to practise applying the mark scheme before marking begins. Standardisation typically takes a few hours and fits around your existing commitments.
Availability during the standardisation and marking windows for your selected paper.
If you teach Religious Studies and want paid work you can do from home while boosting your CPD and enhancing your teaching skills, we’d love to hear from you.
Please note key dates for 2026:
GCSE
Paper 2A: Thematic Studies. Standardisation window: 3 and 4 June. Marking window: 5 June to 6 July.
About AQA
- AQA
- Devas Street
- Manchester
- M15 6EX
- United Kingdom
At AQA, we’re proud to be the leading provider of accessible qualifications and support services for teachers and students. We set and mark around half of all GCSEs and A-levels taken in the UK every year; we ask the questions that matter, so that every learner can achieve the results they deserve.
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