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Thank you for your interest in applying for a post at Brighton Hill Community School. We hope that the information included in this pack will enable you to make a decision as to whether to apply for a position with us either as a teacher or as a member of support staff.

Brighton Hill Community School is experiencing rapid, unprecedented growth which has seen the school swell from 502 students in January 2017 to to over 1,280 in 2024. As a result of this, we are recruiting top quality staff who are willing to join our vision to become the beacon school of the local area and beyond.

Our school vision is “Building an environment where success is inevitable”, with a team of staff committed to the cause, focused on relentless professional development, ensuring the very best outcomes for our students. Our students are rightly proud of their school, where they feel happy, safe and empowered to take the next steps in their personal learning journeys.

We value the wellbeing of our staff, which is why we have an incredibly high staff retention rate. Indeed, largely our only vacancies arise due to our ongoing expansion. Staff members here at Brighton Hill Community School enjoy benefits such as a low volume of marking, reduced data-drop expectations, paid dependency days to support dependents in need, a staff wellbeing room and a staff wellbeing action group, amongst other things.

If you’re still interested in joining us, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or to arrange a visit. We look forward to hearing from you and to receiving your application.

SFET Career Prospectus

Teacher of Science (Maternity Cover)

As a demonstrably successful Science Team, we are seeking an innovative, effective, and inspirational Maternity Cover Teacher, with the possibility of a longer-term permanent contract for the right candidate, contracted until August 2027, as a minimum, to join us from September 2026 or earlier if available.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a thriving department committed to excellence in science education. A recruitment allowance may be considered for an appropriately experienced candidate who brings the right skills and attributes to the role.

Brighton Hill Community School has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted in our last inspection. We are an 11-16 Community School with over 1200 students. You will teach across Biology, Chemistry & Physics at both KS3 & 4, as well as a range of abilities to make a significant positive contribution to the vision of the school.

The successful candidate will be:

  • An excellent classroom practitioner in the sciences
  • Committed to achieving the very best outcomes for our students and our journey to being an outstanding school
  • Able to create a stimulating learning environment to promote exceptional progress and high engagement
  • Passionate about teaching and learning and your own professional development
  • Able to make a significant contribution to the development of the Science Faculty and wider school life.

Why apply to work at Brighton Hill Community School?

  • High quality support from the Senior Leadership Team and the Science faculty which has a track record of excellent GCSE results
  • Leaders and governors constantly focus on their vision of ‘making success inevitable’”. (Ofsted 2022)
  • Lessons are calm and focused. When asking pupils about this, one simply explained, ‘It’s how we do it here.’” (Ofsted 2022)
  • The opportunity to innovate and develop your professional skills through a comprehensive and innovative professional development programme which seeks to develop all staff
  • The chance to be part of a dedicated team committed to improving outcomes for our students, who “are eager to explain why they believe that Brighton Hill is such a special school.” (Ofsted 2022)
  • A clear vision for Teaching and Learning which embraces current research and creative practice

If you are an enthusiastic teacher with the desire to make a real difference for our students, we would like to hear from you. We welcome applications from talented ECTs who will benefit from high-quality induction support.

We encourage early applications, as we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive suitable candidates. Interviews may be scheduled, and an appointment made, before the advertised closing date. For full details and an application form, please visit our website: www.brightonhill.org Alternatively, email Shanade Bedwell, HR Officer, sbedwell@bhcs.sfet.org.uk

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: 5pm On Thursday 23 April 2026

We are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and other employment checks.

Application form (docx)

Application form (pdf)

Assistant Examination Officer

SALARY: actual pro-rata £20,516 (FTE £26,158), flexible working will be considered to support examinations

The Role

To provide key administration support services to the `Examinations Officer and other BHCS stakeholders, helping deliver highly effective internal and external examinations and assessments. Through a proactive, enthusiastic and customer-focused approach you will play a key role in developing the effectiveness of our incredible school and contribute to delivering the BHCS mission of ‘making success inevitable’.

Reporting Line

The post will report to the Examinations Officer.

Main Duties

  • To assist in the day-to-day administration support of a highly effective examination and assessment department.
  • To support the running of the examinations during the examination periods
  • To deputise in the absence of the Examinations Officer.
  • To have a flexible approach during the GCSE examination series May – July.

Key Tasks

  • Maintain internal & external examination & assessment spreadsheets including planning & appropriate entry content.
  • Monitor examination board entry deadlines across a range of qualifications.
  • Coordinate and communicate with both internal & external key stakeholders on student assessment & examination entries.
  • Make entries to some examination boards such as BTECHs and The King’s Trust.
  • Keep BHCS examination policies and procedures updated according to the JCQ regulations.
  • Support coordination and maintenance of invigilation training and training records.
  • Manage administration across all relevant examination & assessments websites.
  • Liaise with BHCS internal stakeholders to effectively plan & support examination and assessment logistics.
  • Maintain effective examination packs for invigilators, teaching staff & students.
  • Support effective coverage of invigilators through well maintained and communicated invigilator timetables.
  • Maintain accurate seating plan records for examination & assessment, including oversight of effectively set up examination rooms supported by both the BHCS site team & IT team.
  • Liaise on and make relevant room bookings correlated to internal & external examination & assessment series’ and according to student access arrangement needs.
  • Support collation of staff & student feedback that leads to continued improvement.
  • Report on candidate absence and where relevant plan candidate catchups.
  • Support all aspects of effective examination and assessment administration.

General Responsibilities

  • Work co-operatively with other support and teaching staff.
  • Comply with BHCS and SFET policies.
  • Carry out any such duties as may be reasonably required by BHCS and SFET.
  • Willing to undertake any training connected with the post.
  • To comply with the school’s procedures concerning safeguarding and successfully completing all mandatory safeguarding training.

Person Specification

  Essential Desirable
Qualification & Training
  • Demonstrable record of successful in-service staff development and training.
  • Level 4 or above GCSE English and Maths.
  • Completion of all or some of ‘The Examination Office’ (or equivalent) suite of training modules.
Experience
  • Examination administration experience.
  • Knowledge of exam board processes.
  • Office and administration experience.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel & Teams.
  • Work within schools or with young people in an administration role.
  • Knowledge of JCQ, their regulations and procedures.
Personal Skills
  • Organisational and administrative skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Good range of IT skills particularly databases and spreadsheets
  • Personal Skills
  • Ability to manage and prioritise workload.
  • Effective written and oral communication skills, giving and receiving information effectively and an ability to communicate with internal staff and external organisations confidentially and articulately.
  • Ability to establish and develop good customer-focused working relationships.
 
Personal Qualities
  • Confidence and independence Commitment to Equal Opportunities.
  • Enjoy working with young people.
  • Ability to network
  • Able to prioritise workload
  • Have a warm, open, and outgoing personality and relate well to a wide range of people from different backgrounds and cultures
 
Equal Opportunities
  • Commitment to inclusion and diversity.
 

Closing date 10th April 2026

BHCS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks in line with Government safer recruitment guidelines.

Application form (docx)

Application form (pdf)

Faculty Learning Support

Salary: £19,357 - £20,043 (FTE £24,734 - £25,610)

Are you interested in developing your skills and knowledge in supporting students with SENd in the classroom? Our new Faculty Learning Support role (formally Teaching Assistant) could be the start of a new and exciting career.

Benefits include:

  • Opportunities to access fully funded accredited courses, alongside your working hours, to further enhance your knowledge and skills with working with students with SENd.
  • Opportunity to earn an additional two weeks pay spread over the year with the possibility of remote working.

After successfully recruiting 5 new members of this team, we are now looking to extend the team further. We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and committed person with good literacy and numeracy skills to join a friendly, supportive and ambitious department which has been newly developed to provided highly effective provision for our SEND students.

As a school we continue to strive to provide the best outcomes for all of our students. As such we will be able to support the successful candidate in the following ways

  • Ambitious commitment to full and specialist CPD
  • Opportunity to work and collaborate with likeminded colleagues and teachers.
  • Opportunity to develop areas of interest within the role of and remit of SEND
  • Access to a newly developed staff room and modern workspace.
  • Free access to the school gym to support wellbeing.
  • Opportunities to work across the whole school with a range of colleagues.
  • Allocated quality time to prepare interventions and resources.
  • Opportunity to be involved in extra-curricular and school trips.

Role Purpose

  • To support SEND students in the classroom / faculty they are allocated to, to access and support learning and make expected progress.
  • To complement and support the professional work of the Teachers in their faculty to support task learning activities.
  • To support the progress of SEND students within the faculty and providing best practice resources and sharing ideas.
  • To liaise with teacher within the allocated faculty with regards to curriculum and be prepared to support tasks and activities. This could include some pre-learning, responsive support in the classroom and additional interventions.
  • The role includes dealing with individual pupils and/or groups with complex learning needs.

Essential

  • An ability to establish positive and effective working relationships with students and colleagues.
  • The capacity to develop an in-depth understanding of student's needs, in order to support them with effective approaches to learning and development.
  • Commitment to participate fully in all areas of school life.
  • Commitment to undertake additional training to support student needs.
  • Willingness and engagement with educational research.
  • An ability to adapt practise and contribute towards the extensive SEND vision.

Desirable but not essential

  • Experience of working within an educational setting; practice of leading small group and 1:1 intervention sessions.
  • Experience as a Teaching Assistant.

Working hours are 32.75 per week, Monday – Friday during term time (half days will be considered).

Monday 815am till 3.30pm
Tuesday 8.15am till 3pm
Wednesday 8.15am till 4pm
Thursday 8.15am till 3pm
Friday 8.15 till 3pm

For full details and an application form, please visit our website: www.brightonhill.org or telephone Shanade Bedwell on 01256 350606.

Applications should be emailed to: sbedwell@bhcs.sfet.org.uk

please note CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: Monday 20th April 2026

We are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS Disclosure and other employment checks.

Application form (docx)

Application form (pdf)

Teacher of English

Full time | MPS/UPS pending experience Start date: September 2026

Brighton Hill Community School is seeking an innovative, highly effective and inspirational full time Teacher of English to join our thriving English Faculty. We are a rapidly growing 11-16 coeducational community school, rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted with ‘Outstanding’ in three of the four Ofsted categories, and currently have over 1270 students.

As a Teacher of English, you will:

  • Teach across KS3 and KS4 and contribute significantly to the development of English at our school
  • Join an established and highly resourced team with a strong sense of collaboration and support
  • Benefit from exceptional support from the Faculty and Senior Leadership Team
  • Access a bespoke and expansive CPD programme and collaborate with colleagues through our alliance with the Teaching School
  • Have opportunities to contribute to our extensive extra-curricular programme
  • Benefit from accomplished delivery of the ECF programme as a local delivery provider

What we offer:

  • A supportive and collaborative team
  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and professional development
  • The chance to make a real impact in a thriving and diverse school
  • An ethos underpinned by the 4 cornerstones of Kindness, Courage, Collaboration and Commitment
  • A vibrant and growing school community where your professional development and leadership potential will be nurtured

Ofsted highlights:

The drive to continually improve the school is relentless. Leaders and governors constantly focus on their vision of ‘making success inevitable.”

Staff praise the work of leaders and say they are proud of the school. Staff explained that the effective professional development they receive results in continuing improvements to pupils’ learning and pastoral care.

Lessons are calm and focused. When asking pupils about this, one simply explained, ‘It’s how we do it here.’” (Ofsted, April 2022)

If you are passionate about teaching, committed to achieving the very best outcomes for students, and eager to be part of an aspirational and innovative team, we would love to hear from you.

To apply: Complete the application form and email it to Shanade Bedwell, HR Officer: sbedwell@brightonhill.hants.sch.uk

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date: Friday 17th April 2026 at 12 noon

Interviews: Week commencing 27th April

We encourage early applications, as we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive suitable candidates. Interviews may be scheduled, and an appointment made, before the advertised closing date.

Application form (docx)

Application form (pdf)

Brighton Hill Community School (Basingstoke, RG22) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory completion of safeguarding checks. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Second in English

Full time | TLR2c | Start: September 2026

Are you ready for the next step in your teaching career? Are you passionate about English and committed to making a difference? If so, we want to hear from you!

We are seeking an innovative, highly effective and inspirational Second in English to join our successful and rapidly growing school from September 2026. Brighton Hill Community School is a coeducational 11-16 school with over 1270 students, rated ‘Good’ with Outstanding in three of the four Ofsted categories.

As Second in English, you will:

  • Teach across KS3 and KS4
  • Play a key role in raising standards of academic achievement and supporting personal development
  • Support and deputise for the Head of Faculty, helping to shape and lead a dynamic and forward-thinking team
  • Help shape the future of our English curriculum and contribute to our vibrant extra-curricular offer

Our lived ethos of making success inevitable is underpinned by the 4 cornerstones of Kindness, Courage, Collaboration and Commitment. We are committed to investing in your professional development and providing a supportive environment where you can grow as a leader.

What we offer:

  • A supportive and collaborative team
  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and professional development
  • The chance to make a real impact in a thriving and diverse school

If you are enthusiastic and committed to inspiring the next generation, we encourage you to apply.

For more details, please contact Shanade Bedwell our HR Officer. Application forms should be emailed to sbedwell@brightonhill.hants.sch.uk.

Closing Date: 17th April at 12 noon

Interviews: week commencing April 27th.

We encourage early applications, as we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive suitable candidates. Interviews may be scheduled, and an appointment made, before the advertised closing date.

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Safeguarding Statement:
Brighton Hill Community School (Basingstoke, RG22) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to satisfactory completion of safeguarding checks.

Equality Statement:
Brighton Hill Community School (Basingstoke, RG22) is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Description: Second in English

Full time | TLR2c | Start: September 2026

Overview

A highly effective and inspirational Second in English will support Brighton Hill Community School and our rapidly growing, coeducational 11-16 community school with over 1270 students, rated as ‘Good’ with Outstanding in three of the four Ofsted categories. The second in English will teach across KS3 and KS4 as a member of the English Faculty and contribute to our vision of making success inevitable for all.

Core Purpose

The Second in English will focus on the Quality of Education across the English Faculty (English Literature, English Language, and Media Studies). Working closely with the Head of Faculty, you will help articulate a clear vision for the faculty, raise academic standards, enable students’ personal and social development, and inspire both students and staff.

Main Responsibilities

  • Support and deputise for the Head of Faculty as required
  • Monitor the quality of assessment and feedback, particularly at Key Stage 3
  • Prepare and develop relevant sections of the English Faculty Improvement Plan (FIP)
  • Lead on development, monitoring and review of curriculum and schemes of learning, especially at KS3
  • Monitor home learning policy and practice within the team
  • Organise the English Faculty’s extra-curricular offer and enrichment activities
  • Conduct student voice meetings to inform curriculum changes
  • Work with SENCO and support staff to ensure effective support for students with SEND
  • Identify and support students making below expected progress, developing catch-up strategies, and completing data reviews
  • Oversee relevant sections of the school’s performance management process within the faculty
  • Support the Head of Faculty with:
    • Delivering and monitoring teaching & learning, and progress across the faculty
    • Organising timetables, student groupings, and staff allocations
    • Supervising staff within the faculty (including trainees, ECTs, supply, and cover)
    • Monitoring student conduct across the English Faculty
    • Analysing school data against local and national statistics
    • Ensuring assessment and progress records are up to date
    • Assisting with staff appointments
    • Delegating responsibilities within the subject team
    • Providing advice, welfare, and support for faculty staff

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
  • Evidence of relevant professional development
  • Successful teaching experience at KS3 and KS4

Experience

  • Experience of teaching English across KS3 and KS4
  • Evidence of leading or contributing to curriculum development
  • Experience in supporting or mentoring colleagues is desirable

Skills and Knowledge

  • Excellent knowledge of curriculum requirements for English
  • Ability to inspire and motivate students and staff
  • Outstanding classroom practice and positive approach
  • Strong organisational and communication skills
  • Ability to analyse data and implement improvement strategies
  • Understanding of effective assessment and feedback
  • Knowledge of SEND and strategies to support diverse learners
  • Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

Personal Qualities

  • High expectations for all pupils and belief in their potential
  • Enthusiastic, innovative, and resilient
  • Commitment to upholding and promoting the school’s ethos and values
  • Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
  • Willingness to act with integrity, honesty, and fairness
  • Collaborative approach and commitment to team success

Safeguarding

Brighton Hill Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to satisfactory completion of safeguarding checks.

Brighton Hill Community School is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Application form (docx)

Application form (pdf)

 

Lunch Time Dining Hall Assistant

Actual Salary: £4,324 per annum (FTE £23,382)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly team to supervise school dining arrangements at lunchtimes.

Lunchtime Supervisors will supervise students over this important period of the school day by preparing the dining spaces prior to lunchtime, managing queues and ensuring dining spaces are returned to their learning environments after lunch has been served.

An effective lunchtime is essential for the first lesson of the afternoon to be productive.

This is a term time only post, working Monday to Friday from 12.00pm to 1.30pm daily.

Applications should be emailed to: sbedwell@bhcs.sfet.org.uk

Closing date for applications: 07 April 2026

We are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS Disclosure and other employment checks.

Candidate form (docx)

Candidate form (pdf)

Trainee Teacher (Apprentice) of Chemistry or Physics

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to train to teach Chemistry or Physics with us at Brighton Hill Community School, in partnership with South Farnham Education Trust (SFET) Teaching Hub via the apprenticeship route.

Brighton Hill Community School has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted and is a rapidly growing coeducational 11-16 Community School with approximately 1300 students. 

Our Science faculty is a highly ambitious and well-established team comprising teachers that are passionate about their subject and driven to support every student to make success inevitable. The faculty is well led and there are several experienced mentors who have a proven track record of offering excellent developmental support to trainees, helping to facilitate the best start to their teaching career.

The successful candidate will:

  • Be passionate about teaching, receptive to feedback and eager to learn
  • Be committed to achieving the very best outcomes for our students
  • Be willing to make a significant contribution to the development of the Science Faculty
  • Have experience of working with children or in a school setting
  • Hold a degree in Chemistry, Physics or a related subject

Why apply to work and train at Brighton Hill Community School?

  • High quality support from the Senior Leadership Team and the Science faculty which has a well-resourced curriculum with detailed resources to support your lesson planning
  • A clear vision for Teaching and Learning and Curriculum which embraces current research and creative practice
  • Support and training that will lead to qualified teacher status (QTS)
  • A dedicated mentor, with protected time each week, working closely with you to support your development as an effective classroom practitioner
  • Training both face-to-face and online with SFET, with protected time one day a week to support you with this training
  • Access to weekly CPD sessions that will allow you to build your knowledge of effective teaching and learning and which complement and deepen your learning from the SFET programme
  • Bespoke support from in-school subject specialists including our SEND, student wellbeing and behaviour and inclusion teams so you are equipped to support the individual needs of each student
  • A robust and supportive programme to support Early Career Teachers once QTS is achieved
  • “Leaders and governors constantly focus on their vision of ‘making success inevitable’”. (Ofsted)
  • “Lessons are calm and focused. When asking pupils about this, one simply explained, ‘It’s how we do it here.’” (Ofsted)
  • The chance to be part of a dedicated team committed to improving outcomes for our students, who “are eager to explain why they believe that Brighton Hill is such a special school.”  (Ofsted)

If you are enthusiastic, have experience of working with children or in a school setting and have a passion to make a real difference for our students, we would like to hear from you. 

For full details and an application form, please visit our website: www.brightonhill.hants.sch.uk.  Alternatively, telephone Shanade Bedwell, our HR Officer on 01256 362532 or email: sbedwell@brightonhill.hants.sch.uk

Please note CVs will not be accepted. 

We are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment.  The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and other employment checks

Application Form

Trainee Teacher (Apprentice) of Computing

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to train to teach Computing with us at Brighton Hill Community School, in partnership with South Farnham Education Trust (SFET) Teaching Hub via the apprenticeship route.

Brighton Hill Community School has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted and is a rapidly growing coeducational 11-16 Community School with approximately 1300 students.

Our Enterprise and Digital Technology (EDT) faculty is a highly ambitious team comprising teachers that are passionate about their subject and driven to support every student to make success inevitable. The faculty is well led with an experienced mentor who has a proven track record of offering excellent developmental support to trainees, helping to facilitate the best start to their teaching career.

The successful candidate will:

  • Be passionate about teaching, receptive to feedback and eager to learn
  • Be committed to achieving the very best outcomes for our students
  • Be willing to make a significant contribution to the development of the EDT Faculty
  • Have experience of working with children or in a school setting
  • Hold a degree in Computer Science or a related subject

Why apply to work and train at Brighton Hill Community School?

  • High quality support from the Senior Leadership Team and the EDT faculty which has a well-resourced curriculum with detailed resources to support your lesson planning
  • A clear vision for Teaching and Learning and Curriculum which embraces current research and creative practice
  • Support and training that will lead to qualified teacher status (QTS)
  • A dedicated mentor, with protected time each week, working closely with you to support your development as an effective classroom practitioner
  • Training both face-to-face and online with SFET, with protected time one day a week to support you with this training
  • Access to weekly CPD sessions that will allow you to build your knowledge of effective teaching and learning and which complement and deepen your learning from the SFET programme
  • Bespoke support from in-school subject specialists including our SEND, student wellbeing and behaviour and inclusion teams so you are equipped to support the individual needs of each student
  • A robust and supportive programme to support Early Career Teachers once QTS is achieved
  • “Leaders and governors constantly focus on their vision of ‘making success inevitable’”. (Ofsted)
  • “Lessons are calm and focused. When asking pupils about this, one simply explained, ‘It’s how we do it here.’” (Ofsted)
  • The chance to be part of a dedicated team committed to improving outcomes for our students, who “are eager to explain why they believe that Brighton Hill is such a special school.” (Ofsted)

If you are enthusiastic, have experience of working with children or in a school setting and have a passion to make a real difference for our students, we would like to hear from you.

For full details and an application form, please visit our website: www.brightonhill.hants.sch.uk. Alternatively, telephone Shanade Bedwell, our HR Officer on 01256 362532 or email: sbedwell@brightonhill.hants.sch.uk

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

We are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and other employment checks

Application Form

Examinations Invigilator

£14.44 per hour

(£12.46 per hour plus a supplement of 14% to recompense your entitlement to receive paid statutory annual leave)

We are seeking to appoint an individual with the qualities and skills necessary to undertake the role of Examinations Invigilator.

The postholder will be expected to be available for the exam periods as stated by the Examinations Officer at the beginning of each academic term.

  • Be fully conversant with the published Examination instructions and regulations.
  • Take papers and materials to the examination venue.
  • Distribute student place names and numbers on desks as per the printed plan.
  • Bring students into venue - orderly and silently where required.
  • Ensure students are seated silently and in the correct seat before opening papers.
  • Read instructions and appropriate notices and erratum/addendums where required.
  • Record absentees with the support of the invigilation team.
  • Distribute papers and materials to the student desks.
  • Maintain security and confidentiality.
  • Move around the students silently and observing them closely.
  • Ensure no inappropriate items are brought into examinations venue.
  • Report any suspected malpractice to the EO in accordance with JCQ examination regulations.
  • Respond to student requests appropriately.
  • Ensure invigilators do not help candidates in any way.
  • Ensure students are not disturbed or disturbing.
  • Collect papers in order and all other material at end of examinations.
  • Dismiss students silently and in an orderly manner.
  • Tidy the venue.
  • Remove candidate cards from the table, return to box and return to EO.
  • Place scripts in alphabetical order in the awarding bodies plastic envelope.
  • Collect blue security wallets from additional rooms and place the scripts into the AB envelope in alphabetical order.
  • Maintain the integrity of the examination at all times.

Additional

  • To know the action to be taken in the event of an emergency such as fire alarm.
  • To assist in the promotion of the good name of the school within the local community
  • Ensuring there is a good supply of exam stationery and equipment for the season and order as required
  • Undertake online Invigilator training at the start of each academic year.
  • Must be available to work in the examination periods throughout the academic year to support all examinations and assessments. (September for internal year 7 assessments, January, March-April for internal PPEs and May – June for GCSEs plus support Results day in August)
  • Any other duties requested by the Examinations Officer commensurate with the level of the post.

You will be responsible for the smooth, secure running of allocated exam sessions, working under the direction of the Examinations Officer. Duties will include timing of exams, distribution and collection of exam papers, assisting students with additional needs and ensuring Examination Board Regulations are adhered to at all times.

Good communication skills, an observant eye and attention to detail are essential. You will need to have a calm nature, and work effectively in a busy environment.

Full training will be provided.

For details and an application form, please visit our website:  www.brightonhill.org 

Alternatively, telephone Shanade Bedwell, our HR Officer on 01256 362532 or email: sbedwell@brightonhill.hants.sch.uk

Please note CVs will not be accepted.

We are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and other employment checks.

Application Form