Key Role Information

Salary
£13.13 per hour
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Casual
Closing
01/06/2027 09:00
Interview
As and when
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
TPAT Point 2/3
Department
Exams
Key stage
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
Hours per week
0.00
Weeks per year
43.699
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Hayle Academy is looking for Invigilators, Readers and Scribes to join the existing Exams Team, to assist with our examinations and internal assessments held throughout the year. You will need to be available during the examination periods in November, January, March, May and June, on days agreed in advance. You will also be required to attend an annual training session.

Duties will include:-
1) Assisting in the setting up of the examination room.
2) Helping in the opening and distribution of question papers and other authorised materials to candidates.
3) Supervising the orderly entry of students into the exam room and ensuring that they are correctly identified and seated according to the seating plan.
4) Starting and ending examinations according to the regulations and ensuring that the examination regulations are observed throughout the exam.
5) Taking responsibility for a group of candidates when in the exam room.
6) Collecting exam scripts and arranging in candidate number order.
7) Maintaining security and confidentiality.

About You:

Candidates should be friendly, punctual, reliable and organised, and have excellent communication skills. Previous experience of working with children would be an advantage, however training will be provided. 

Benefits of Working with Us:

As a leading Academy Trust, we are able to offer our staff a range of continued professional development opportunities alongside family friendly policies and access to the Local Government/Teachers Pension Schemes. More on our benefits can be found here.

How to Apply and Further Info:

To be considered for this role, please click the “Apply” button above to submit your online application.
The closing date and time for receiving applications is - OPEN ADVERT. POTENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED AFTER APPLICATION SUBMITTED
If you wish to discuss this position ahead of applying, please contact Michelle Thompson, Exams & Data Manager, on mthompson@hayle.tpacademytrust.org or 01736 753009.
Interviews to be held on TBC

If you encounter any issues with the online application, please contact the Talent Team for assistance at Talent@tpacademytrust.org.

TPAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application as part of their pre-employment administration. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Other pre-employment checks will include receipt of two satisfactory references, evidence of right to work in the UK, proof of any relevant qualifications and completion of a health assessment questionnaire.

Hayle Academy

Melissa Lock

recruitment@tpacademytrust.org

3 High Lanes
Hayle
Cornwall
TR27 4DN

Safeguarding Information

Candidates are advised that Truro and Penwith Academy Trust operate safer recruitment procedures based on the requirements outlined in: Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025

Statutory guidance from the DfE on Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006

Our recruitment process requires checks including identity, right to work, and an enhanced DBS check with a barred list check for all staff and volunteers. Checks for other roles may include overseas checks for those who have lived abroad, prohibition from teaching checks, and childcare disqualification checks, these will be undertaken for all appropriate roles. This ensures that:

Statutory checks on staff who work with children are complied with in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service requirements for Regulated Activity and are completed prior to starting within the Trust. Please also note: At least one member of the recruitment panel will have successfully completed safer recruitment training through an accredited training provider

Online searchers will be undertaken as part of pre-recruitment checks

Pre-appointment vetting checks

Where appropriate, details of checks will be held in individuals’ personnel files. We follow requirements and best practice in retaining copies of and the retention of these checks, and they will be recorded within the single central record for the successful candidate, and in line with our data retention policy for all other candidates. All relevant staff (involved in early years’ settings and/or before or after-school care for children under eight) are made aware of the disqualification from childcare guidance and their obligations to disclose to us relevant information that could lead to disqualification. 

TPAT complies with the requirements of KCSIE 2025

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2