Directorate: Children & Young People
Post Title: Exam Invigilator
Commence date: During exam and assessment periods throughout the academic year
Salary: £12.21 per hour
Closing Date: 15th January 2025
Post details:
Would you like a chance to be part of something special at Westbourne School?
Westbourne is a leading school in the Yorkshire region, and the only co-educational independent school in Sheffield offering a first class education to Sheffield girls and boys from the age of 4 to 16.
The School is at an exciting crossroads in its history, with a new Head, and a recently completed £3m estates development project, including a new hall, three classrooms, changing rooms, facilities and a play area.
It's not just Westbourne's values of excellence, inclusion, respect and resilience that make Westbourne a special place to work. Westbourne is a family. Staff are motivated to go the extra mile in an environment that nurtures happy pupils to perform at their best. Westbourne's story is one of success with expansion and a state-of-the art new Junior School development. If you're a talented person who wants to be part of a bright new future for our school, we'd love to hear from you.
The Invigilator is the person in the examination room responsible for conducting a particular examination session in the presence of the candidates. Invigilators have a key role in upholding the integrity of the external examination/assessment process.
The role of the Invigilator is to ensure that the examination is conducted according to JCQ and Westbourne School instructions in order to:
* ensure all candidates have an equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities;
* ensure the security of the examination before, during and after the examination;
* prevent possible candidate malpractice;
* prevent possible administrative failures.
Training will be provided.
To apply, download the Westbourne School application form and send it, together with a covering letter, by email to lbrittle @westbourneschool.co.uk or by post to Westbourne School, 60 Westbourne Road, Sheffield S10 2QT.
Safeguarding
Westbourne School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
All appointments are subject to satisfactory safeguarding checks, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Please see (add link to new policy) for further details of the checks undertaken. Applicants should note that references are routinely requested prior to interview for all short listed candidates.
All staff have responsibility for safeguarding and child protection ( Safeguarding Policy ). For the specific safeguarding responsibilities of this role please check the and person specification.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) and the school is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions, cautions and bind-overs (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Interviews will take place during the week commencing 20th January 2025
Contact details: Laura Brittle via email lbrittle@westbourneschool.co.uk or telephone 0114 266 0374.