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Lead Examinations Officer

Blackpool Sixth Form College

Blackpool

  • £26,666 - £30,119 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
In line with the sixth form college pay scale
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
08 September 2025
Apply by:
29 July 2025

Job overview

Lead Examinations Officer

Points 10-14 of the Sixth Form Colleges Support Staff pay spine, currently £26,666 to £30,119 per annum (full time).

Are you highly organised, calm under pressure, and passionate about delivering exceptional service? Do you have excellent communication skills and a sharp eye for detail? Can you lead a team and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment?

If you have answered YES to these questions, then we want to hear from you!

At Blackpool Sixth, we pride ourselves on high standards, strong teamwork, and supporting every student to succeed. Our examinations team is central to this mission. We're looking for someone who’s detail-driven, composed under pressure, and brilliant at bringing people together to keep everything running smoothly
In this key role, you will lead on all things exams, from managing a fab team of invigilators to leading the planning and delivery of all internal and external exam events in line with JCQ regulations. You'll also work closely with staff, students, parents/carers, and awarding bodies, ensuring high standards of service and accuracy at all times.

This is an exciting time to join us, as qualifications, examinations, and assessments are evolving rapidly, and advancing technology is reshaping how exams are delivered. Our challenge is to stay ahead of these changes, embracing fresh and innovative solutions to ensure we continue providing exceptional service to our students and staff.

Experience working in an examinations environment is essential although training will be provided where needed. You will have an ability to lead, stay organised, and uphold the highest standards of professionalism and integrity.

A day in Examinations could see you:
  • Coordinating examination entries, timetables, and logistics
  • Communicating with students, staff, parents/carers, and awarding bodies
  • Leading, training, and supporting our team of invigilators and administrators
  • Ensuring secure storage and handling of exam materials
  • Leading internal reviews of exam procedures to improve service delivery

If you're ready to play a vital role in shaping the future of our learners, apply now and join a team that makes a real difference every day!

Closing date: 9am 29th July 2025
Interviews: 5th August 2025

The benefits
Our people are extremely important to us and we are therefore delighted to provide the following benefits:-

  • Annual leave starting at 22 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays, and increasing with length of service up to 28 days
  • Cycle to work scheme for contracts over 12 months
  • Free use of the college gym
  • Generous pension contribution for support staff
  • Education specific learning and development
  • Free car parking
  • Subsidised Costa Coffee on site and a wide range of catering outlets
  • An in house People & Wellbeing site with loads of self-help guidance
  • Access to wellbeing and counselling services for you and your family
  • Wellbeing day with the full day off for all
  • 15 hours of gifted TOIL (pro-rata) to use for flexibility throughout the year
  • The potential to work from home at times, for example during the school holidays


Equal Opportunities and Safer Recruitment Practices
We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of a protected characteristic, or is disadvantaged by any conditions or any related individual requirements. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and all diverse groups. The college provides equality of access, services and care to everyone, regardless of people’s age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression or trans status, race, religion or belief or sexual orientation.

All staff will be carefully selected using recruitment and selection procedures designed to emphasise the college’s commitment to safeguarding. All posts, including volunteers, are subject to enhanced DBS clearance. All shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self-declaration of any criminal record or information that will make them unsuitable to work with children. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn should any information come to light that has not been included in the self-declaration. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from regulated activity relevant to children, anyone caught doing so will be reported to the police immediately. Please note that we reserve the right to review your online presence in line with keeping children safe in education guidance.


















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About Blackpool Sixth Form College

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  • Blackpool Sixth Form College
  • Blackpool Old Road, Blackpool
  • Lancashire
  • FY3 7LR
  • United Kingdom

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We are a high-achieving sixth form, giving our students an excellent springboard to success. We educate the whole student, providing all with excellent teaching and opportunities for growth and personal development. We are recognised by Ofsted as an outstanding sixth form. We are relatively small in size, with just over 2000 students and approximately 200 staff. This means that we are a close and caring community. 

We serve the whole Fylde Coast area, which includes Poulton-le-Fylde and Lytham St Annes, as well as Blackpool and the surrounding towns and villages. Blackpool Sixth is a friendly, positive and supportive place to work and is rated Grade One: Outstanding by Ofsted (2009). In 2009, we became one of the first organisations in the country to be awarded the Investors in People Gold Award. Staff are committed to the needs and aspirations of our students and supported by an extensive programme of staff development.

 Staff are highly committed to the needs and aspirations of our students. The continued growth in student numbers and planned curriculum developments has enabled the sixth form to invest in new staff and new buildings. The college is designated as a Teaching School in partnership with Hodgson Academy and it's a really exciting time to be part of Blackpool Sixth.

All new staff are offered a thorough induction program; this is supplemented for Newly Qualified Teachers with a comprehensive series of training sessions throughout the academic year. All new staff are allocated a mentor in their probationary year, they are here to offer support and guidance in your new role.It's not just teachers that we develop, both teaching and support staff are involved in an annual programme of staff development, supported by individual performance management reviews and training and development plans.

On top of the internal opportunities staff now also benefit from a wider programme of Continuing Professional Development events which come from being part of the Teaching School Alliance, these include nationally accredited programmes. 

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