Examinations Officer - The Orme Academy (Shaw Education Trust)

WMJobs; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

The Orme Academy is seeking an experienced Examinations Officer to coordinate and administer all aspects of the school’s examination processes. Working under senior leaders, you will ensure examinations run smoothly and in line with board requirements.

You will oversee invigilators, brief staff on examination arrangements and candidate requirements, and provide administrative support to the SLT to support the school’s operations.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating and administering school examinations.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and administer all aspects of the school’s examination processes under direction of senior leaders.
• Oversee and support invigilators, ensuring staff are briefed on arrangements and candidate requirements.
• Provide administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team and help manage the school's operational activities.

Job description

Actual Salary: £24,539-£27,034

Working hours: 37 hours per week, term time only plus 8 days INSET (5 days will be in 'term time', 3 days are in the summer on exam results week)

Start date: ASAP

We are seeking a highly organised, proactive and detail-oriented

The Orme Academy,

Examinations officer

Salary: G6 SCP 20-24 £28,153-£31,015 FTE

Actual Salary: £24,539-£27,034

Working hours: 37 hours per week, term time only plus 8 days INSET (5 days will be in 'term time', 3 days are in the summer on exam results week)

Contract type: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

We are seeking a highly organised, proactive and detail-oriented Examination Officer to coordinate and administer all aspects of the school’s examination processes. Working under the direction of senior leaders, you will play a key role in ensuring that examinations run smoothly, efficiently and in accordance with examination board requirements.

You will oversee and support invigilators, ensuring they are fully briefed and aware of examination arrangements, candidate requirements and any special access arrangements. In addition, you will provide administrative support to the Senior Leadership Team, contributing to the effective management of the school’s operational activities.

This role would suit someone with excellent organisational and communication skills, a strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining confidentiality and accuracy. The successful candidate will be a reliable team player who can work independently, respond confidently to queries and help deliver a well‑organised and positive examination experience for pupils and staff. If you are an efficient administrator, who enjoys working with children and who takes pride in delivering high‑quality support and ensuring that processes run seamlessly, we would welcome your application.

We are rated “Good” by Ofsted and remain committed to building on this success as a team. This achievement reflects the dedication and hard work of our staff, students, and wider school community. We are incredibly proud of the progress we’ve made and are excited to continue providing a high‑quality, supportive learning environment where all our pupils can thrive.

The sole ethos for the school community is ‘Empowering Learners for Life’. Whilst we are committed to ensuring that every student makes excellent progress, this concept stretches well beyond academic performance. We firmly believe that every aspect of school should equip learners to be successful in all areas of their lives, both now and for their future. Indeed, every single decision or action taken improves the life chances of all our learners. This is underpinned by ensuring the Academy is a safe, nurturing and happy environment: put simply, The Orme Academy is a great place to learn and a great place to work.

This ethos applies equally to the staff. We believe in empowering our staff to be aspirational and effective leaders of learning and provide a good programme of CPD and induction to support those joining our vibrant community. This CPD includes being part of a large MAT, with its own Institute of Education (IoE) focused on the development of staff. The IoE provides access to wide range of network hubs, subject experts and access to best practice, as well as bespoke CPD opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly professional and committed team of staff whilst also playing their part in the success and future development of our Academy.

All candidates are required to provide a supporting statement on the formal application forms which states clearly your reasons for applying, skills and experience for this position.

At Shaw Education Trust, we believe every role has the power to transform a life. Whether you’re supporting behind the scenes, inspiring in the classroom, or leading with vision, you will be part of something truly meaningful.

Our values—opportunity, integrity, community, and equity—guide everything we do. Our vision is “Opening doors to the world through the power of learning.” We bring this to life through our mission: working together to inspire communities where every school is valued, every voice matters, and every learner thrives.

We are a dynamic and growing family of primary, secondary, and special schools, proudly serving communities from Birmingham to Bury.

Our people are our greatest asset, and we are deeply committed to their development through high-quality training, apprenticeships, talent development programmes, and research opportunities, we empower our staff to thrive as skilled, confident professionals. We champion wellbeing, value every voice, and foster a culture where you feel supported, motivated, and inspired to make a real difference.

You will join a collaborative network of schools where shared expertise and a strong professional community drive success. Every academy within our Trust has an equal voice, and every colleague plays a vital role in shaping tailored learning experiences that raise aspirations and build brighter futures.

If you have the passion, dedication, and drive to help shape lives and create futures filled with promise, we would love you to join our team.

Together, let’s make the remarkable happen.

We believe every child has the potential to be extraordinary.

In our secondary schools, we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to curriculum design, to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for all students, regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculum models don’t always engage all students, so we constantly seek to innovate and provide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We want our students to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful, and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of our innovation include moving towards a trust wide approach to enrichment and competitions, to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunities for essential skills like reading and cultural capital.

We are also introducing vocational and technical pathways, which run through the normal school curriculum but attract support from leading employers and universities to develops work‑readiness in our students, so that they can progress onto T Levels and apprenticeships.

We are currently at an exciting point in their evolution, with collaboration at the heart of our collective endeavour. We don’t operate in silos: we value the power of the pack and strive to collaborate as a collective, ensuring no school or colleague is left behind. We are currently co‑constructing an aligned curriculum across all EBacc curriculum subjects, to create a world class curriculum, rich in powerful knowledge and skills. This is driving up standards through the sharing of the very best practice, whilst allowing each school sufficient flexibility for autonomy to do what is right for their local context. A by‑product of this approach has been the reduction in planning workload for colleagues, meaning they can spend more time on the things that matter and fostering strong relationships with pupils and delivery of the curriculum.

As a group of schools, we take an evidence‑informed approach to developing the quality of our teaching and learning, learning from research and best practice in the sector. We value a non‑hierarchical, supportive approach to developing great teachers. As a people‑focused trust, we consider the professional development of our staff as a fundamental responsibility. Where any schools face any barrier, it has the mutual support of the others in sector to call upon for subject specific or general support, all facilitated by a group of servant leaders at trust level. Our Heads meet regularly and genuinely support each other in a non‑competitive environment. We have team of directors with vast experience at headship, senior and middle leadership levels and our team of subject directors are supporting subject staff across the trust to design and deliver the very best curricula, providing subject specific pedagogical support.

Our secondary schools are currently driving ‘PedTech’ across the sector: we believe teaching and technology should go hand‑in‑glove and are passionately committed towards providing a fully digitally enhanced curriculum. We are very close to achieving full 1:1 device delivery and are sprinting towards better use of iPads in lessons to enhance the experience and learning.

Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well‑being.
• Free Discount ForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.

Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in‑house and professionally accredited. These courses include a variety of the National Professional Qualifications and the Early Carer Teacher Programme delivered by Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute.

• Experienced leadership and subject‑specific support.
• Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Participating in peer reviews.
• Access to a suite of online courses.
• Placement projects within our family of schools.

Safer Recruitment & Equal Opportunities Statement

The Orme Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, click here to review Safeguarding and Pupil Protection Policy https://www.shaw-education.org.uk/our-trust/key-information

This position is subject to robust vetting procedures, including an online search for all shortlisted candidates, in line with our Trust’s commitment to safer recruitment. An enhanced criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), is required. You will be asked to disclose all relevant unspent and, where applicable, unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions, and convictions.

As part of our safer recruitment and pre‑employment checking process, all shortlisted candidates are required to provide original documentation to verify their identity, qualifications and right to work in the UK. Shaw Education Trust requires all applicants to be eligible to work in the UK with no restrictions as we are unable to offer sponsorship/work visas. You will be required to provide proof of Right to Work at interview stage and if you are offered a job position with us.

This role involves working with children and young people and therefore carries specific safeguarding responsibilities, details of these responsibilities are set out in the job description and person specification. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to disclose relevant criminal history information in accordance with current legislation and guidance.

Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record: https://www.gov.uk/tell-employer-or-college-about-criminal-record/what-information-you-need-to-give

Shaw Education Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are fully committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection processes promote equality, diversity, and inclusion at every stage.

In accordance with our safer recruitment policy CVs alone will not be accepted.

Application Deadline: Tuesday 17th November, 9am

Interview Date: TBC

We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date as we review applications on an on‑going basis and interviews may be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, therefore, we encourage early applications.

Successful candidates will be subject to a fully Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks.