Examinations Officer

Location: Barnhill Community High School 

Salary: SO2, Point 27 £36,888 per annum

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 4pm.

Working Weeks: 40 Weeks per year - term time + 5 INSET days + 10 additional days per year, as directed and to include dates in holiday periods when exam results are issued.

Start Date: September 2026

Reporting to:  Member of SLT 

About Us: Barnhill is a heavily oversubscribed, high performing school that places wellbeing and quality of life at the heart of its ethos. Barnhill performs in and around the top 5% of schools in the country and was judged to be outstanding by Ofsted in February 2024. The sixth form was judged to be a very strong aspect of the school in the inspection.

Barnhill is part of Middlesex Learning Partnership, a multi-academy trust which is dedicated to providing exceptional educational opportunities for young people, fostering inclusive learning environments, and nurturing a strong sense of community. With three schools under our care—Barnhill High School, Belmore Primary, and William Byrd Primary—our mission is to ensure every child has access to outstanding facilities that inspire success.

Staff Wellbeing: We have a very well thought of staff wellbeing that focusses on allowing staff to concentrate on their work without unnecessary impediment. In addition to this there is a range of supportive measures such as marking from home, wellbeing events and staff celebrations.

The Role: Barnhill Community High School are seeking to appoint an Examinations Officer to be responsible for the administration, organisation and smooth running of public and internal examinations.

 Key Responsibilities:

1. To be responsible for examination entries for external public exams, including GCSE, A/AS Level, KS3 tests, BTEC and Asset Languages, including estimated entries, forecast grades and coursework marks

 2. To liaise with Curriculum Leaders on all aspects of student entries, examination timetable and seating plans

 3. To disseminate via Key Stage Leaders  information about public exams to staff, students and their parents

 4. To liaise with staff, parents and students to deal with complaints and queries about public examinations, including SATs

 5. To line manage all invigilator team members

 6. To be responsible for ensuring the safe storage of all examination materials

 To be responsible for the daily running of all public examinations, including:

-Liaison with Facilities Management staff to ensure rooms are set up as required and liaison with Curriculum Areas that may be affected by exam arrangements, eg. PE

Liaison with Cover Manager who will create the invigilation timetable where staff are required

-Production of a schedule for invigilators to ensure full coverage of all exams within exam board guidelines

-Ensuring exam cards and exam papers are laid out according to the needs and requirements of the exams being held

-Ensuring all required signs are displayed

-Ensuring supplies of necessary paper and equipment are available in exam rooms

-Ensuring exam papers are collected in appropriately, sorting these ready for dispatch and ensuring they are posted on time to exam boards

 Full job description attached.

 What We Offer:

·         A supportive and collaborative working environment.

·         Professional development opportunities to help grow and succeed in your role.

Further Information:

Barnhill Community High is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

It is an offence to apply for the position if you are barred from engaging regulated activity relevant to children.

Early applications are positively encouraged and the school reserves the right to shortlist and interview earlier than advertised.

CVs will not be accepted

We accept only employment and academic references; character references and those sent from generic email addresses (e.g., Gmail or Hotmail) will not be accepted.

Please see link to the Child protection policy –

 Child protection and safeguarding policy

Please note we hold the right to carry out online checks on applicants selected for interview.

Middlesex Learning Partnership is a disability confident committed employer.

Closing Date: Friday 25th May 2026.