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Invigilator - Casual

Leigh Academy Tonbridge, Tonbridge

  • Ref:KCC886-5455-486S
  • Posted:09/09/2024
  • Pay:£11.85 per hour
  • Start Date:November 2024
  • App Close Date:23/09/2024 at 22:00
  • Interviews:TBC

Advert

Leigh Academy Tonbridge is currently seeking an Invigilator to join our experienced Exams Team, providing support during exam periods throughout the year. The ideal candidates will be well organised, flexible, reliable and have experience of supervising pupils. Whilst experience is preferred, full training will be provided for the successful candidates. Whilst the role is ad-hoc, hours will be agreed with the successful candidates in advance and there will be an opportunity to work regularly during the academy's usual examination periods.

Please note that the Invigilator role is paid on claim and offering a salary of £11.85 per hour.

What we expect from you: The main purpose of this role is to supervise examinations and to ensure that guidelines and regulations for the integrity and security of the examination papers and procedures are followed during examination sessions.  

Typical duties include the following;

  • To ensure a calm environment to give the candidates the best possible exam experience.

  • To set up the examination rooms as determined by the Cover and Exams Manager.

  • To be aware of any needs that candidates may have during an examination.

  • To ensure that no inappropriate/not allowed items are brought into an examination room.

  • To ensure that candidates follow regulations of an exam room and to be vigilant at all times.

  • Ensure all candidates are aware of the information and of any notice that may affect them.

  • To ensure all candidates are seated according to the seating plan provided.

  • To ensure all candidates receive appropriate exam question papers and answer papers.

  • To record attendance on the appropriate attendance register.

  • To ensure that there is no talking or disruption for the candidates once an exam has begun.

  • To ensure answer scripts are collected, sorted into candidate number order and supervised as required, passing them safely to the Cover and Exams Manager for dispatch.

  • To maintain security and confidentiality at all times.

  • To highlight any concerns or issues to the Cover and Exams Manager.

  • To assist in other activities as may reasonably be requested by the Centre from time to time.

Information about the school

Core values of integrity, courage and imagination underpin all that we do. We are unrelenting in our mission to teach those that we have the privilege to care for to do the right thing, to make courageous choices and to ignite their curiosity and imagination. Our students will leave the academy with the qualifications and skills to access the very best universities, apprenticeships and careers to which they aspire.

As a local resident and parent, I am personally invested in ensuring Leigh Academy Tonbridge plays an instrumental role in shaping the lives of our young people and the local community. As educators, we are driven by a united purpose: to maximise the future opportunities of every young person that passes through our door. The wellbeing and success of every individual is at the heart of everything we do.

Building on the strengths of our legacy school, Hayesbrook Academy, Leigh Academy Tonbridge will always be an institution that values and nurtures every young person in our care. Our small school model means that every child will be known, cared for and challenged to succeed. As has always been the case at Hayesbrook, we will continue to value the partnerships with our families recognising the critical value of the home-school partnership in ensuring the success of every child.

Leigh Academy Tonbridge is an inspirational community, with high-standards of discipline creating disruption free classrooms and a broad, innovative digital curriculum, underpinned by the principles of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme. Our curriculum is knowledge rich, promotes diversity of thought and creates a framework within which students explore, understand and appreciate the power and application of knowledge in real global contexts. Through the implementation of our curriculum students mature into reflective and resilient learners who can work both independently and collaboratively to overcome challenges, are confident critical thinkers and master lifelong learning. We provide all of our students with a Chromebook to develop their digital skills and to enrich their learning in their classrooms and to support their independent study.

Our students flourish, becoming curious, caring and culturally astute young people as they move on to higher education or employment. They leave with a broad skill set and the versatility to embrace the future challenges of the modern world.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Talent Team
  • Address:Brook Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2PH
  • Telephone: 01634 412200
  • Email: office@latrust.org.uk

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.