Exam Invigilator
De Lacy Academy
Wakefield
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade C Points 4 to 6 (£11.98 to £12.38 per hour)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Casual
- Start date:
- May 2024
- Apply by:
- 23 April 2024
Job overview
De Lacy Academy are looking to appoint ten Exam Invigilators to join our academy in May 2024 on a casual as and when required basis.
Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you.
Your new role
As an Examination Invigilator, under direction you will oversee and supervise examinations, ensuring guidelines and regulations for the integrity and security of the examination papers and procedures are followed during examination sessions.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.
Here at De Lacy Academy, we are on a journey of rapid improvement. We routinely rank amongst the highest performing schools in Wakefield and similar schools in the country. For example, in 2018 we were number 1 for similar schools in England and Wales.
Your new school
With 725 pupils aged between 11 and 16 housed in a building that has benefited from much recent investment, De Lacy is a busy and vibrant place. We serve the ex mining area of Knottingley and draw increasingly from the surrounding areas. We are experiencing a period of unprecedented growth, for example in 2019 88 students left year 11 and 168 started in Y7. This was a similar picture in 2020.
Why join us?
Our staff are talented and enthusiastic and have all contributed to the academy’s success story. We have a staff rewards budget and socialise both as subject teams and as a whole staff. We also have access to a staff benefits scheme. At De Lacy, we value the continuous professional development of all our employees and recognise that our staff and students are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged, and supported to achieve their very best. Your new school is based next door to Education House, the centre of Delta Academies Trust, making access to high quality CPD easy and convenient. In addition, De Lacy benefits from close access to the M62, the A1 and a local train station. You would be joining a highly skilled and committed staff. It is a source of pride to us that we retain such a high percentage of staff and trainee teachers.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
We offer an extensive range of opportunities, incentives and benefits with this post including:
Financial, offering unlimited access to a huge range of discounts on holidays, days out, retailer and cashback deals inc. Curry’s, John Lewis, Tesco and B&Q to name but a few.
Lifestyle and Wellbeing, discounted & flexible gym memberships, eye care vouchers, cycle 2 work/Technology scheme, free annual flu jab and 24/7 access to a market leading Employee Assistance Programme providing expert information specialist advisors trained by Citizens Advice and access to professionally qualified counsellors accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Motoring, access to an employee vehicle leasing scheme*, discounted vehicle repairs and discounts on car/van hire.
Pension, excellent employer/employee contributory pension scheme with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Personal and professional, we offer a range of training and development opportunities for you to grow and develop.
*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained.
In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.
About De Lacy Academy
De Lacy Academy has a reputation as a caring school, which places the individual at the very heart of what we do. Visitors to our school regularly comment upon the warm and friendly atmosphere created by the positive relationship between staff and students.
Here at De Lacy Academy, we have been on a journey that has seen the school recently judged as Outstanding by Ofsted (April 2022). They recognised the hard work and effort that goes into making this school a successful and caring place of learning that meets the needs of its pupils and its community.
With nearly 900 pupils aged between 11 and 16 housed on a campus that has benefited from much recent investment, De Lacy is a busy and vibrant place. We serve the ex mining area of Knottingley and draw increasingly from the surrounding areas. We are experiencing a period of unprecedented growth across all year groups as the school delivers excellent outcomes and as the communities of Knottingley and Ferrybridge continue to develop.
We have a hugely talented and committed staff team, who are dedicated in making sure that every student has a curriculum and enrichment opportunities that meets their needs. We pride ourselves on having high expectations, which ensures that our students are well organised, caring and supportive of each other and the community. This is underpinned by the strong pastoral care our students receive from our dedicated team of staff, which ensures we have a calm and well-ordered environment, which is focussed on the successful outcomes for all.
We work closely with our local primaries and welcome members of the community into our academy every evening. The community makes great use of our faculties and our primary school links ensure that their students reap the benefits of all that we can offer.
We pride ourselves on very close, open and positive relationships with parents and carers, and expect them to be fully involved in supporting the learning of their son or daughter; we are an academy that believes in supporting the community we serve
De Lacy Academy enjoys the many benefits of being a member of the Delta Academies Trust; a group, or 'family' of schools of different age ranges and contexts, this enables good practice, expertise and resources to be shared between our group of schools and ultimately enables us to offer greater collaboration between each other and a wider range of learning opportunities and extra-curricular opportunities for our students.
Our staff are talented and enthusiastic and have all contributed to the academy’s success story. We have a staff rewards budget and socialise both as subject teams and as a whole staff. We also have access to a staff benefits scheme. At De Lacy, we value the continuous professional development of all our employees and recognise that our staff and students are most successful when they feel happy, valued, challenged and supported to achieve their very best.
At the centre of all we do is the commitment to provide a first class education to our students through working collaboratively as a staff and with our external partners, we can ensure that each student has the opportunity to achieve success and fulfil their potential.
There is a real sense of pride and ambition, coupled with excitement and enjoyment that prevails at De Lacy Academy. An academy that is providing an exciting future for its students.
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