Exam Invigilator

Job details

Salary Grade JG3, SCP Range 5, £25,583-£25,989 pa;
Hourly rate: £13.26-£13.47 plus £1.60-£1.63 per hour holiday pay.

Contractual hours 0

Basis Part Time

Job type Support Staff - Other

Job category Exam Invigilator

Date posted 04/02/2026

Job reference LSP-S069

Temporary, casual and flexible hours

Gordano School, part of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, is a large and successful 11-18 comprehensive secondary school approximately eight miles outside Bristol. Our school includes a thriving Sixth Form of nearly 400 students that is strongly integrated into the life of the school and offers significant opportunities for sixth form teaching in over 30 courses. We are the sole secondary school serving the popular town of Portishead and benefit greatly from being a central part of our community.

We view education as something bigger than just academic achievement. We have a record of considerable academic success but wholeheartedly believe that a student s education should be about preparing young people for their future lives in the complete sense, developing our young peoples key skills and behaviours that set them up for a successful future pathway. As well as consistently strong outcomes at GCSE and A Level, we place great emphasis on the opportunities available to our students including developing student leadership across our student body, offering an unparalleled extra-curricular programme and ensuring clear guidance for students when considering progression to their next steps of their educational journey.

We pride ourselves on high-quality support for colleagues at all stages of their career through internal and external CPD, including our membership of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, with staff involved in a range of developmental opportunities across schools in the Trust as well as supporting staff in bespoke training such as completing different levels of the NPQ programmes. We maintain significant involvement in Initial Teacher Training and deliver a comprehensive ECT induction in association with the Five Counties Teaching School Hubs Alliance and Ambition Institute.

Our very large staff body allows regular opportunities for progression into leadership roles at all levels.

Importantly, beyond the wider experiences on offer to our student body, we seek to be a very happy school community with a big heart. This has never been more evident than through our recent work in delivering our core principles of Dream big, do your best, give back, fostering a community filled with kindness and respect.

Gordano School is seeking to appoint reliable and confident people to join the invigilation team to work on a casual basis during the school academic year. Experience is not essential - training will be provided.

You will be responsible for maintaining the security of the examination question papers at all times and conducting examinations in accordance with exam board regulations. Successful applicants will work as part of a team, be well organised, have a good eye for detail and be able to remain calm in all situations. You will need to be able to demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills with both staff and students.

You will also need to be flexible, punctual and reliable.

Interested applicants must be available to work for an average of at least 4 sessions a week (a.m. or p.m.) during the main examination times of May and June, with additional days at other times of the year as required. You will need to start at 8:00 for morning exams and 12:30 for afternoon exams. Sessions are generally between one and four hours long, depending on the length of exam and the number of papers that need processing afterwards.

Closing date: 11.59pm on Sunday 22nd February 2026.

Interviews: Tuesday 10th March 2026.

Early applications are encouraged. Gordano School reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should the School be able to identify an appropriate candidate.

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