Exam Invigilator

Sheffield Springs Academy; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 218,000 - 422,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent facilities and resources

Outstanding professional development

Pension scheme with high employer cost

Job summary

Sheffield Springs Academy is seeking Exam Invigilators to support examinations at the 11-16 secondary and to cover busy periods in December, March and June. The role requires effective supervision, adherence to exam procedures, and a calm, professional presence in a busy school environment.

Applicants should be flexible around working hours; the academy offers a supportive environment, a strong professional development programme, and a commitment to staff wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Availability for December, March and June examinations.
• Able to follow examination board guidance and invigilator instructions.
• Strong people skills with the ability to stay calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Data and Exams Manager to ensure smooth examinations in school.
• Familiarise with invigilator guidelines and conduct procedures per board rules.
• Supervise entry to the examination room and seat allocation.
• Distribute papers, answer booklets and materials at start and collect at end.
• Ensure quiet, unobtrusive supervision and compliance with regulations.
• Provide extra paper or equipment as needed per board rules.

Skills

Authoritative presence

Approachability

Team player

Resilience

Belief in education

Job description

location_on Location Sheffield Springs Academy

credit_card Salary £12.81 hourly rate plus 12.07% holiday pay

Sheffield Springs Academy is a United Learning Academy inspected by OFSTED in October 2024 and rated 'Good' in all areas. Our whole-school ethos of ‘the best in everyone’ underpins our core values of ambition, confidence, creativity, respect, enthusiasm, and determination. Our aim is to send every student out into the world instilled with these values, as well as the right knowledge, skills, and qualifications, so that they are ready to play their part in it. Improvements made in outcomes for students over the last three years are a testament to the relationships between our staff, pupils, and their families, each one of them playing their part in in trying to ensure that every pupil achieves their potential. Sheffield Springs Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check. We always appoint on merit, and we are open to discussing flexible working options.

Job details

Salary £12.81 hourly rate plus 12.07% holiday pay

Location: Sheffield Springs Academy, Hurlfield Road, Sheffield, S12 2SF

Salary: £12.81 hourly rate plus 12.07% holiday pay

Sheffield Springs Academy is seeking to appoint Exam Invigilators. The academy is part of United Learning, a national group of schools and academies. Sheffield Springs Academy is an 11-16 secondary school serving the Park, Manor and Castle wards of Sheffield. As part of United Learning our aim is to bring out ‘the Best in Everyone’ and we continuously strive to ensure that students and staff have every opportunity to succeed, with their potential developed to the utmost.

Applicants need to be flexible around working hours to support during busy examination periods at the school. In particular, applicants will need to be available for examinations taking place in December, March and June each year.

Main duties will include:

• Working with the Data and Exams Manager to ensure the successful operation of the examinations process in school.
• To be familiar with the guidance for invigilators and instructions provided for conduct of the examination in-line with the relevant Examination Board.
• Supervising the admission of candidates into the examination room and helping them to find their allocated seats quietly and efficiently.
• To distribute question papers, answer booklets and associated materials at the beginning of the examination and to collect them at the end.
• To supervise candidates in a quiet and unobtrusive manner to ensure that the regulations on conduct, communication, etc. are strictly observed.
• Provide candidates with additional paper and/or equipment as necessary and in accordance with examination board regulations.

We are looking for Exam Invigilators who:

• Are both authoritative and approachable and have excellent people skills.
• Team players.
• Resilient in following the academy Behaviour Policy.
• Have a fundamental belief in the power of education to enable students to achieve anything they set their minds to.

We will offer you:

• Highly competitive salary.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
• A respectful working environment.
• Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in other schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.

The closing date is midnight on 25 th September 2026.

Please note that shortlisting will be carried out as and when applications are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. As such, we reserve the right to close this advert sooner if needs are met.

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.