Exams Officer

Bohunt School Wokingham

Exams Officer

Grade 5 (A-E) £28,931-£32,025 FTE Current: 37.5 hours a week – Full Time or TTO plus 4 weeks

Reporting to: Assistant Headteacher – Provision and Achievement

Start Date: January 2023

We are seeking to appoint a highly organised, skilled communicator to lead our examination and assessment system. We are an 11-16 secondary school with 1200 students on roll, but due to grow in the future with the additional of a sixth form in 2023. This represents a great opportunity for a suitable applicant to be at the heart of our work in this area and help shape the development of a team as we soon expand.

Role Specification

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, 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. • 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. • Monitor spending on examination entries and provide regular reports to the Senior Leadership team • Represent the school at such meetings as may from time to time be called for Examination Officers. • Manage secure storage of papers, adequate stocks of materials and prompt return for assessment. • Organise the dissemination and collection of question and answer papers. • Liaise with the SEN team when arranging seating for candidates ensuring all access arrangements are in place for SEN students. • Produce / compile an attendance register. • Manage pupil behaviour before, during and on exit from the examination room. • Results download and preparation for student results day. Proactive management of review of marking enquiries and access to scripts. • Management of the exams team

Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the Exams Officer will carry out. The postholder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the Headteacher

CLOSING DATE: Monday 9th Dec at Midday. Please note that applications and interviews will be held prior to this date and as received.