Examinations Officer
The Westwood Academy
Coventry
- £22,339 - £27,121 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Benenden Health Scheme, LGPS
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 7 October 2024
Job overview
The Westwood Academy operates under the umbrella of the Kenilworth Multi-Academy Trust, a progressive and ambitious trust. We provide a stimulating learning atmosphere coupled with an exemplary shared Continuous Professional Development (CPD) program. We take pride in our academic achievements and the pastoral care we offer, fostering a sense of community within our modest yet expanding school.
The Role:
The examinations Officer is responsible for the organisation and smooth running of both internal and external examinations. The Officer acts as the primary liaison between school and external examination bodies. They will be familiar with the requirements and regulations placed on schools by both awarding bodies and the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), and will ensure that the school is compliant with these before, during, and after the examination periods.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Understand the regulations and requirements of all examinations held by the school, both internal and external
- Comply with all JCQ and awarding body regulations and keep up to date with any changes to these
- Manage arrangements for the safe and secure receipt, checking and storing of examination papers and materials
- Contribute to development and review of examination-related school policies
- Manage registration of candidates for all examinations
- Work with the finance team to ensure all examination fees are paid as necessary
- To provide support to the main administrative function of the school: individual duties as required
- Recruit train and manage invigilators as required
- Ensure appropriate conduct during examination sessions, in line with requirements and regulations from awarding bodies and the JCQ
- Manage the logistics for examination sessions, including timetabling, room booking, resources and staffing with guidance and procedures
- Ensure pupils are aware of their personal exam timetables, managing and resolving clashes in accordance with guidance and safeguarding procedures
- Carry out necessary administrative tasks related to the organisation of examination sessions
- Support the SENCO to implement access arrangements and reasonable adjustments as required
- Manage arrangements for the safe and secure storage and dispatch of completed examination papers
- Manage any unexpected issues or emergencies that arise during an examination session
- Submit reports to examining bodies, as required
- Make arrangements to share results with students, distribution of certificates ensuring the results are received by school in a secure and confidential way and managing retention of results for the school’s records.
Attached documents
About The Westwood Academy
- The Westwood Academy
- Mitchell Avenue, Canley, Coventry
- West Midlands
- CV4 8DY
- United Kingdom
A message from Sarah Hatch, Head Teacher.
We offer a warm welcome to our school where we provide a superb academic environment that creates a love of learning. This is underpinned by an imaginative and innovative curriculum and our high quality subject teaching. We have a clear vision and values which define our core and fundamental relationships between staff, pupils, parents and our wider community. This is further inspired by our strong central educational values and our desire and determination to succeed in our aspirations and for every individual to be exceptional. We invite you to join us and become part of this community.
As a partner school of the Kenilworth Multi Academy Trust we share a unique identity and a commitment to inclusive practice which runs through both schools. Each school has its individual strengths and draws on the expertise of the collective provision of the MAT. We broaden horizons for our young people and embrace diversity by enabling them to work in partnership with others, across a wider socio-economic and ethnic profile beyond their base school. They participate in enrichment activities within the KMAT, for example, educational visits, regional and international competitions, music or sports tournaments, joint student councils and learning ambassador schemes. We add value to the lives of our young people through an excellent all round education that extends beyond the classroom and engages the communities in which our schools are located: the town of Kenilworth and South West of the City of Coventry.
We are united in our commitment to narrowing gaps in educational attainment between the most advantaged and disadvantaged young people through a curriculum that is adapted to their needs. Our education stimulates a passion for independent learning and the development of broader life skills, such as reasoning, reflection, and team work. The curriculum intent in each of our schools allows for flexibility to adapt provision to meet the needs of its learners, we emphasise the importance of a broad education that is more ambitious than the national curriculum, developing cultural capital and knowledge beyond that which can be examined. The curriculum of our schools prioritises the interrelationship between learning that engages young people, the development of character, healthy minds and the balance between academic study and the pursuit of wider non-academic interests.
The school works tirelessly to ensure that every pupil’s potential is successfully achieved, through excellent teaching, the establishment of positive learning relationships, effective assessment and constructive feedback.
We encourage all potential candidates to come, visit our school, and meet the staff and pupils to fully appreciate our wonderful community. Please take a look at our Twitter feed - @academywestwood as this will give you a real insight into our school, pupils and staff
Role Requirements for Teaching Vacancies:
• Qualified Teacher Status or NQT with recent UK classroom experience essential
• Up to date knowledge of the current curriculum pertinent to the subject vacancy at secondary level or willingness to train
• Dedicated, creative and hardworking individual
Employees benefit from an extensive and bespoke CPD programme.
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