Exams Officer

Salary: BET Grade 4A-E

Salary: £23,076 - £25,506 pro rata (£25,628 - £28,326 FTE)

Hours: 37.5hrs per week - Term time only plus 1 additional week. 

Contract type: Permanent

Reporting to: Assistant Headteacher 

Responsible for: Effective management of the school assessment cycle, to include the public examination series. 

Main purpose

You will be responsible for the efficient and effective running of the administration of all internal and external examinations within school, including liaising with staff, students, invigilators and examination boards.

Key Duties

• Ensure that Curriculum Leaders and the Senior Leadership Group are kept informed of all correspondence/ publications of a general or specific nature which are received from the Examination Boards.
• Act as liaison between Curriculum Leaders and Awarding Boards over syllabus requirements, exam entries, results queries, issues relating to individual needs of students.
• Develop and operate systems which will ensure the accurate collection, collation and checking of external examination entries.
• Ensure the school is at all times compliant with the JCQ regulations and communicate changes to regulations to SLT. 
• Ensure that all examination entries and amendments, where necessary, and special access arrangements are submitted in the appropriate format and by the required deadlines. To maintain all associated records.
• To organise the examination timetables for mock exams and GCSE public exams.
• Communicate effectively to students, staff and parents about upcoming exams and the schools expectations around these.
• Issue individual timetables to pupils when entries are confirmed.
• Plan the use of rooms/ equipment/ resources in response to the regulations / requirements of the Examination Boards.
• Manage, train and direct a team of Invigilators, ensuring adequate staffing in-line with Awarding Board regulations.
• To be part of the interview process to appoint invigilators and through the guidance of the Head’s PA, ensure that all staff involved in the invigilation of exams have been checked in accordance with HR policies.
• To contribute to the administrative support within the school.

Our School

Bohunt Farnborough is a vibrant and truly comprehensive school that supports the development of the whole child and celebrates success in the widest sense.  It has a reputation as a small, friendly school, built on strong traditional values, exceptional pastoral care and high academic expectations. Our students are polite, respectful and uphold the school’s expectations around assessments and examinations. You will play a key role within a  passionate, loyal and talented team of leaders, teachers and support staff, utterly committed to making Bohunt Farnborough the school of choice within its community.  

Bohunt Farnborough is also a school on the move. You will be joining us at the best possible time, with the school having recently joined Bohunt Education Trust (BET), an outstanding multi-academy trust, deeply committed to the development and support of its school teams. As part of BET you will be supported by exam officer colleagues across the trust.

We acknowledge that we are on a journey of improvement, which is well underway and are looking for dedicated staff who wish to play a part in the improvement of the whole school. This is a team approach and it is often commented on about how warm and welcoming staff are, and how well supported they feel.  We are committed to becoming a great school and our ethos of ‘Enjoy; Respect; Achieve’ applies equally to staff and students. 

We look forward to receiving your application.

Details and an application form can be found on our website www.fernhill.hants.sch.uk/joining-us/staff-vacancies  Please email applications to Cindy Reynolds, PA to the Headteacher creynolds@bohuntfarnborough.com 

Bohunt Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and

young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are

encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation,

pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Applicants will be required to demonstrate their commitment to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in line with the school’s policies and procedures. 

Appointments will be made subject to pre employment checks, receipt of satisfactory

references enhanced DBS check including online/social media checks. The school is

committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.