Examinations Manager
Ipswich School
Ipswich
- £24,000 - £26,500 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required as soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 21 February 2023
Job overview
Part-time, permanent, 30 hours per week during term time (35 weeks per annum) plus some additional working hours during examination periods.
Ipswich School has been listed as one of the top 100 schools in the country and is certainly one of the foremost independent schools in East Anglia. The most recent ISI inspection of the Senior School, in September 2022, resulted in the School being awarded a Double Excellent rating.
This post is based at the Senior School where there are some 920 pupils aged between 11 and 18 years.
You will be responsible for the smooth running of the School’s public and internal examinations, and other School examinations as required, and will line manage our Examinations Officer and our team of invigilators.
You will work closely with teaching staff in the Senior School, particularly Heads of Departments, in order to ensure that pupils’ examination entries for GCSE and A levels (and other specific tests and exams) are made as appropriate. You will also work closely with the Learning Support Department in the implementation of access arrangements for pupils in exams.
Excellent accuracy, attention to detail and flexibility are essential, together with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
A high standard of ICT literacy with the ability to use the internet is needed. You will need to consult websites, send emails, access information, download material, make entries electronically, operate the School’s database (currently iSAMS), produce spreadsheets, letters, reports and analyses using the Google suite, as well as MS Word and Excel.
You will have high level written and interpersonal skills with the ability to relate well to staff, pupils, parents/carers and others and the ability to work efficiently, prioritise effectively and manage a demanding workload.
Some knowledge and/or experience of the UK examinations system for 16-18 year olds is highly desirable.
Benefits
The salary, for the working hours outlined above, is likely to be between £24,000 and £26,500 per annum (depending on your skills and experience). This includes 5.6 weeks’ statutory holiday pay as required by the Working Time Regulations.
After 3 months’ service and/or in line with workplace pension legislation, you will be auto enrolled into a defined contribution pension scheme (with 10% employer contributions) and you will receive x3 life cover.
Support staff with 3+ years’ contracted service are eligible for fee remission based on their contracted working hours.
Free lunch is provided in the School dining hall during term time whilst the kitchen is in operation and staff are able to use the School’s swimming pool and fitness gym (in compliance with appropriate rules and regulations).
A full job description and application form can be downloaded from our website www.ipswich.school/vacancies or contact us on 01473 408300 hr@ipswich.school.
Completed application forms should be returned by noon on 21 February 2023 to: Alison Knights, Director of HR, Ipswich School, 25 Henley Road, Ipswich, IP1 3SG or email: hr@ipswich.school.
Interviews are likely to be held in the week commencing 27 February 2023.
Ipswich School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the job, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Ipswich School
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Ipswich School is one of the leading independent schools in the area. It has a long history dating back to at least 1399 and is known for its academic success, without being an educational ‘hot house’, its extensive sport, drama and music activities and its commitment to the local community.
Pupils at the school come from a really broad range of backgrounds, and this makes the school different to many others in the independent sector. The atmosphere is very positive and pupils really do get on well with each other and with teachers. Behaviour in lessons is first class and teachers are able to focus fully on their teaching and pupils’ learning without having to spend time and effort keeping everyone in order.
Those applying for teaching posts in the Senior School will find that class sizes are generally smaller than in the maintained sector, with Lower School classes typically being around 20, Middle School can be a little larger or smaller depending on subjects – but are never larger than 24. A Level classes in the Sixth Form are typically have around 10 – 12 students, with 15 students being the upper limit.
Teachers are well supported by Heads of Department and there is a first-class CPD programme in place which not only provides the latest on class room practice, but also involves a range of optional social events. Additional training is also available for all teachers.
For those looking at Prep School posts they will find wonderful purpose-built classrooms in a state-of-the-art Prep School building, small class sizes – typically around 15 in the Lower Prep and between 18 and 25 in the Upper Prep. They will also find parents are very supportive and keen to develop the potential in their children.
Those applying for support staff posts will feel themselves very much part of a community. There are no great boundaries between teachers and support staff. There is a well-refined CPD programme for members of the support staff, great opportunities for development and a fantastic range of benefits.
There are regular opportunities for all staff to get together socially. Recently staff events include drawing sessions, juggling instruction, gin and wine tasting, orienteering, a casino night and curry and carols at Christmas. Every other year the staff – support staff alongside teaching staff - put on a major end of year show for pupils to raise funds for charity, and these have included a pantomime, Staff do Strictly and – most recently - Staff Have the X Factor.
Facilities throughout the school are excellent with a brand new Music School, the extensive Ipswich School Sports Centre at nearby Rushmere, a specially-built Prep School and a recently-opened day nursery – The Lodge.
There is free car parking on site for teachers and support staff (though this can be a little tight at times in the Senior School) and a range of other benefits.
Supporting the community is one of the school’s core values. The school has a significant community programme with pupils visiting local care homes giving music and drama performances, pupils growing vegetables and giving them to a local charity, local primary schools taking part in our annual Festival of Music and a large pupil-led termly fundraising programme.
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