Casual Exam Invigilator

Job details Job role Other support roles Visa sponsorship Visas cannot be sponsored Working pattern Part time (Can be done as a job share): Casual Hours Contract type Casual Hourly rate £12.66 Per Hour What skills and experience we're looking for EXAM INVIGILATORS Casual Contract - £12.66 Per Hour We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic and committed ExamInvigilators to uphold the integrity of the external examinations processand ensure all internal examsare conducted to a high standard at both Goffsand Goffs- Churchgate Academies. Theappointments are offered on a casual contract, with shifts allocated dependingupon each school's exam timetable, and paid at an hourly rate of £12.66ph. The role involvesensuring correct exam procedures are followed, distribution and collectionof examination papers, and monitoring students during the examination periods. Exam periods run as detailed below: - Mock Exams - October/ November (2 weeks) - February / March (2 weeks) - June/July (2 weeks)Public Exams - November (1 week) - January / February (2 weeks) - May/ June (8 weeks) Invigilators will need to be flexible with availability duringexam seasons for both morningand afternoon shifts. (Morning shifts start at 8am to approx. 11am and afternoon shifts start at 12noon and finish approx. 3pm) The successful candidates will have the opportunity to gain access to an exclusive range of benefits at the Trust. For further details about the recruitment process, pleasecontact the HR Team on 01992 624375, or by email at recruitment@generationsmat.herts.sch.uk Closing date for applications: N/A Interviews: held on rolling basis as required The Trust is committed to safeguarding childrenand young people.All post-holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. The Trust reservesthe right to process applications as they are received, and early applications are encouraged. Previous applicants need not apply. Generations Multi Academy Trust is committedto the safeguarding and welfare of childrenand applicants must be willingto undergo child protection screening appropriateto this post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Please note that this role is 'exempt' from theRehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore, you are required to declareany convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings that are not 'protected' (i.e. filtered out) as defined bythe Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in2013). Further information is available on the school's website. What the school offers its staff INFORMATION ABOUT GOFFS-CHURCHGATE AND THE GENERATIONS MULTIACADEMY TRUST Welcometo our information pack about Goffs-Churchgate and the Generations Multi Academy Trust. Goffs-Churchgate Academy was the first school to jointhe Generations Multi Academy Trust. The school is now in its seventh year of operation and continues to go from strength to strength. Theschool is a fully mixed comprehensive school from 11-16 years of age, with 600 on roll. The school has rapidly established a very strong reputation in the area, and is now consistently oversubscribed. In addition,the school recently received its OFSTED reportfrom May2022, which graded the school as "good" with outstanding features. One of the school'skey strengths is its highly cohesiveand supportive community. As such, thedecision to cap student numbers at 600 is entirely deliberate, enabling us to maintaina strong sense of communitywhere everybody knows everybodyelse - if you visit, you cannot fail to be struckby this. It is a very specialpart of who weare. Professional Working and Learning Environment The school has benefited from brand new facilities,opened in October 2016, including professional teaching and learningfacilities for all subjects. The school also benefits from a recentlyinstalled 3G playing surface for PE;a gym with a professional sprung floor; a Dance Studio;recent refurbishment of additional classrooms and an indoor swimmingpool. The new facilities providea light, modern,professional, and fit for purposeworking environment for all. The Trust has also invested significantlyin modernising additional teaching spaces, providing a fantastic environment for ourstudents and staff. Our strategy for continuous school improvement has had huge success and we are actively committed to ensuring that our very popular and successful schoolscontinue as centres of excellence in the community. The Generations Multi Academy Trust GMAT is a cross-phase Multi Academy Trust based in Cheshunt, currently comprisingtwo secondaries and two primaries - Goffs Academy, Goffs-Churchgate Academy, Flamstead End School and Andrews Lane School. Across the piece,GMAT currently hasjust under 3,000 students in its care and employsjust under 400 staff. The MAT also has nursery provision on the Goffs-Churchgate site, with subsidised and term-time only places for staff. The nurseryis run by Ashbourne Nurseries - https://ashbournedaynurseries.com/. All of the schools are within close proximity of each other and share many activities, including CPD for staff. One of the Trust's fundamental principles is that no one school is in any way more important or successful than the other. As such, CPD and other events are rotated throughall schools in the Trust, witheveryone learning from and sharingwith each other.This collegiate and collaborative approachpermeates our Trust. The MAT is extremelyclear about its daily purpose,reflected in its motto of "no set destiny for any child." All of our schools, leaders and staff believe fiercely in the life-changing nature of education and work tirelessly to that end, day in and day out.There is no set destinyfor any of the childrenin our care; rather, we are each very clear that our daily work across the piece allows children to forge new futures and destinies. Andrews Lane School joined GMAT from 1st January 2025. Itis a warm and welcoming primary school in Cheshunt withapproximately 170 children on roll. It has lots of space, including a field and a forest.It is a one-form entry school. In EYFS, 30 hours provision is available. As a 'Herts TherapeuticThinking' school, the school is committed to understandingand supporting children with their learning andachievement, within a context of deep-rooted mutual respect. The school is committed to supporting its children and their families, and as such provides adult learning classes throughout the year. Staff are committed, dedicated professionals who want to do their very best forevery pupil. Flamstead End School is a thrivingprimary school in Cheshunt with approximately 490 children on roll. It has a preschool, a 60-place nurseryoffering 30 hoursprovision, and two classes per year groupfrom Reception to Year 6. Flamstead end is also a ' Herts Therapeutic Thinking' school, and seeks to understand and support children's behaviour so that they areable to learnand achieve to the bestof their ability. The schoolis a tight knit community, with a well- established staff who care for one another and the childrenin their charge. Goffs is a mixed 11-18 comprehensive academy with approximately 1,600students onroll, including a thriving and successful sixthform. The school is also extremely popular in the local area,with an average of over 800 applications annuallyfor the 240 places available, and significant waitinglists for places acrossthe year groups. Goffs-Churchgate is a fully mixedcomprehensive school for 11-16-year-olds, with just over 600 students on roll. The school has rightlyestablished a very strongreputation for both its academicoutcomes and its close-knit,nurturing community, receiving over 600applicationsfor just 120 places for 2024 admission. Thedecision to cap student numbersat 600 is entirelydeliberate, enabling us to maintaina strong senseof community where everybody knows everybody else. The MAT's finances are overseen by a highly skilled Chief Finance Officer with considerable financial expertise in the private sector,plus a highly experienced FinanceManager. The Trust deliberately createdan innovative Income Generation function, and extensive lettings andbusiness development work now takes place across all sites in the MAT. This additional income - now yielding around £600k per annum - underpinsgenerous levels of staffing at both schools, plus many "extras" that would otherwise be unaffordable in the current fundingclimate. GMAT is a fully centralised MAT, with all of our schools able to access dedicated, expert advice and supportfrom centralised functions in HR, Finance,Income Generation, Data/Business Analysis, ICT and Estates. Our schools are proud to be truly community-based schools, with students and staff from different nationalities, faiths and cultures and a numberof languages spokenin each school.As a Trust we recognise and celebrate what makesus unique and different, and acknowledge that we are also part of one community.Our aim is for everybody to feel valued and respected, and we strive hard to ensure we create a positive culture withinthe schools to enable thisto happen. Further information about GMAT can be foundhere: https://generationsmat.com Outcomes Exam results in 2024 once againproduced an overall estimated progress score significantly abovethe national averageand reflect the continued successthe school has achieved since joining the Trust in 2017. Highlights include: Exceptionally strong progressscores across the headline measures,with the overallprogress 8 score significantly above the nationalaverage for a third year in a row. (progress 8 score: 0.37) Excellent outcomes were achieved in maths and the performance in English was phenomenallystrong (Maths progress score: 0.31. English progress score: 0.61) The outcomes at the top end were particularly impressive with the progressscore for the studentswith high prior attainment very significantly above the national average There was a 12% increasein the percentage of studentsentering the full Ebacc to bring the overallentry figure to 67% which is significantly above the nationalaverage of 39%, and the Hertfordshireaverage of 47% Community Goffs-Churchgate prides itself on itssense of community - both within the school and in the wider locality. We are membersof Cheshunt ExtendedServices (ChExS), offeringa variety of extended school and community-based activities forboth students and parents. Our students actively support local charity work and maintainstrong links with our local primary schools. We firmly believein every studentfeeling a strongsense of community, and on enteringthe school, each student is placed in one of four Houses: Attenborough, Rashford, Seacole, and Trott. Each House is led by ateam of student House Captains and has a clear sense of identity. Regularcompetitions and assemblies strengthen this sense of community. Students within each House arrange avariety of fundraising events throughout the school year. The House raisingthe most moneyin the year for our school charityis awarded the annual CharityHouse Shield. Our new House names were introduced in September 2021. This was part of a wider schoolproject on diversity to ensurethat our schoolcommunity reflects the diverse culturethat it serves.An example of this project is the impactthat it has had in English. As a resultof the diversity project, there has been a completeoverhaul of the Key Stage 3 curriculum, with students now studying books representing a very diverse range ofauthors. Our students have a wide range of student leadership opportunities open to them as part of actively encouraging leadership development. These student-led groupsinclude: Student Congress made up of Committees from Students in Years 7-10 2 Year 11 Head Students2 Year 11 Deputy Head Students Across the Multi Academy Trust, a largevariety of annual school trips give students the opportunities to sampledifferent cultures, while an extensive programme of off-site visits provides opportunities for students to experience the diversity that exists within the UK, includingtheatre, galleries, and museum visits. Goffs-Churchgate is proud to be a genuinely comprehensive school, with studentsand staff from differentreligions and several languages spokenin the school. We recognise and celebrate what makes us uniqueand different and acknowledge that we are also part of one community. Our aim is for everybody to feel valued andrespected, and we strive hard to ensure we create a positive culture within theschool to enable this to happen. Successful learning occurs when studentsfeel safe, confident, respected, valued, and are engaged. Goffs-Churchgatebelieves in supporting and nurturing all students in their quest to becomesuccessful learners. As such, we place a high value on pastoral care as an integral part of the school's life. We have anextensive pastoral care system to support the welfare and progress of all ouryoung people. Staff Development The Trust has an extremely strong reputation for staff development, for both teachingand support staff. Developing the next generation of school leaders,both middle and senior, plus future Headteachers for those who wish to pursue this, is also a responsibility that we take very seriously. We have a full suite ofstaff leadership development which staff can join, be they an ECT or highly experienced colleague. Takingadvantage of the many opportunities inherent in beinga cross-phase MAT, the MAT runs a calendared programme of networking meetings where leads across both phases can come togetherto discuss and share best practicein areas includingsafeguarding, behaviour and teacher training. In addition to whole staff training days, we disaggregate a number of hours for training every year. This allows staff development to be highly personalised as staff can opt for the trainingwhich best meets theirneeds, including the opportunity to do a research projectin partnership with Cambridge University. Many use their disaggregated time to coach others or to receivecoaching. Moreover, there are specific training sessions for ECTs and otherinterested staff which run each week after school. We also placea lot of emphasis on 'on the job' trainingand support. A thorough induction scheme is available to all new staff, and mentors/buddies are assigned to guide you through those new routines. Finally, external courses can of coursebe booked if, on very rare occasions, we cannot caterfor a particular trainingneed in-house. Leadership Development The Trust's leadership academyencompasses both staff and student leadership development througha series of student led groups and staff leadership pathways. The staffprogramme specifically provides opportunities for: Aspiring middle leaders Aspiring senior leaders All pathways are personalised for theindividual and staff receive one-to-one support from a mentor alongside workingon a whole school project.Both support staff and teachingstaff are welcometo join the leadership academyat any point in their career. A full suite of leadership training is offered with a range of sessions including: 1.What makes a good leader? - Communicating vision and values 2.Leadership and staff motivation -Building a high performing team 3.Leading and managing change - Developing your leadership approach 4.Being a Lead Practitioner - Quality assuring effective teaching 5.Strategic pastoral leadership - being a Director of Learning 6.Strategic curriculumleadership - being a Head of Department 7.Coaching and mentoring - Observation for improvement 8.Using data in leadership for impact 9.Resilience in leadership, including effective communication with key stakeholders 10.How to make your applications stand out 11.Fostering positive behaviour for learning 12.Leading and managing innovation and change As part of the Trust's commitment todeveloping future leaders, a number of the existing senior leadership team across both secondary schoolsgained experience through an 'associate' SLT position before gainingsubstantive leadership posts. Staff Benefits Alongside our verystrong focus on outstanding professional development and promotion opportunities, we also offer a range ofbenefits including: Competitive base salary with a tailormade development plan aimed at enhancing your future [earnings] potential through: High quality, personalised CPD Bespoke leadershipdevelopment programmes Subsidies for masters and degree courses Secondmentand shadowing opportunities As part of our multi academyTrust, potential to work across more than one school to develop career enhancing skills andknowledge Supported nursery provision with Ashbourne at any of their nurseriesin the Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire,Northamptonshire, and Bedfordshire area: ~15% discount for all Trust staff ~ Term time only places are available ~ A school day would be 9.00am - 3.00pm ~ "sundries" wouldbe applied to a child taking up a funded only space (e.g. 30 hours funding only). This covers the cost of: meals, snacks,nursery resources The MAT adheres to the STPCD for its teaching staff Additional financial incentives and tax efficientbenefits, including: Exam marker paymentof £400 plus 2 days'paid leave to do the marking (1st year) Paymentsfor staff takingweekend sporting fixtures: staff paid £200 for leading a minimum of sixSaturday fixtures plus 6 weeklytraining sessions Adaily allowance of £50 for school trips taken over aweekend or any school holiday A £1,000 employeereferral scheme (i.e. Finder's fee) for any qualifying positions that staff refer thesuccessful candidate for: £500 on the personstarting, and £500 if the personis still in employmentin the Trust 12 months later Access to a wide range of health and well-being resources including: Employee Assistance Programme via Spectrum Life whichoffers access to: ~ An in-the-moment advisory helpline on a wide rangeof personal,work-related orfinancial issues ~ Further counselling support (subject to a referral) ~ Shopping discounts portal ~ Healthy eating ideas ~ Fitness programmes ~ A wealthof wellbeing resourcessuch as podcasts and mindfulness techniques Fully trained Mental Health First Aiders at all Trust sites Eligible staff may join the Teachers' PensionScheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme Support Staff annual leave increases in line with service at 5 and 10 years' service Enhanced annual leave for full year supportstaff Paid time off for: ~ Interviews ~ Moving house ~ Study/exam leave ~ Medical appointments ~ "Special" leave ~ Compassionate Leave Generous sick pay allowancesTwo-week autumn half term Cycle to work scheme Free on-site parking at all sites Modern, professional and fit for purpose working environments Free use of a range of sports and leisure facilities, including a fully equipped gym Substantiallydiscounted membership to a new professionally run, externally let, Lifestyle Fitness Gym Free flu jabs Subsidised social events 100% attendance Free tea, coffee and milk Discounted car valeting serviceon site at Trust schools Ad hoc rewardssuch as ice cream van visits, fruit,doughnuts, chocolates, Easter eggs and manymore Further information about the job The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. Visas cannot be sponsored. If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can tracked-linktrack auxclick->tracked-linktrack contextmenu->tracked-linktrack" data-tracked-link-target="link" data-link-type="international_teacher_advice_link_job_listing" href="https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/non-uk-teachers">help you understand your next steps. Commitment to safeguarding Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Applying for the job This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete. CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Location: Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, GB

Posted Date: 8/3/2025