Ricards Lodge High School
England
Expiring soon
Salary:
£17.57 per hour (Casual Contrract)
Job type:
Part Time, Casual
Apply by:
3 October 2025
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an Exam Invigilator in order to cover internal and external examinations. If successful, you would be required to sign up for sessions during exam periods. The internal exam period is from November to January, and the external exam period is from May to June. Experience is not required as training will be provided.
Ricards Lodge High School is an outstanding, successful and vibrant multi-cultural comprehensive school for girls with a co-educational Sixth Form. We have high expectations of all our students and provide a dynamic and stimulating environment in which they can learn and develop as individuals.
Casual - hourly rate for Exam Invigilators is £17.57
Main Duties:
* To ensure a calm environment giving the candidates the best possible opportunity to be successful in their exams
* To ensure that examinations are conducted within the guidelines set down by Joint Council for Qualifications (relevant documents will be supplied)
* To help organise students at the start and end of each exam
* To take all reasonable steps to ensure the correct stationery is issued to the candidates during their exam
* To provide the correct information and material for successful completion of the exam
* To ensure students do not communicate or have any unauthorised materials in their possession
* To deal with any disturbances to an exam, notifying the Exams Officer or Lead Invigilator accordingly
* To ensure that students do not leave the examination room unless they are escorted for exceptional reasons, as directed by the Exams Officer or Lead Invigilator
* Manage confidential data sensitively and securely
* Manage any issues that may arise during the course of examinations appropriately
Person Specification:
* Punctual, dependable and trustworthy
* Reliable, flexible and readily available for work during examination periods
* Manage confidential data sensitively and securely
* Manage any issues that may arise during the course of examinations appropriately
* Be a confident and reassuring presence to all candidates in the examination rooms
* Professional and friendly manner and a positive attitude towards pupils and colleagues
* Excellent communication skills
The staff are very supportive towards each other with a great camaraderie existing throughout the school with a number of social events that are open to all and well attended.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, confirmation of qualifications, experience checks and satisfactory references.
Ricards Lodge High School welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
Closing date: Friday 3rd October 2025
If you are interested in joining our team, we would be keen to hear from you.
We reserve the right to interview as applications are received.
Safeguarding Statement
Ricards Lodge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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About Ricards Lodge High School
Ricards Lodge High School
Lake Road, Wimbledon
London
SW19 7HB
United Kingdom
Ricards Lodge High School is a girls-only, comprehensive secondary school with sixth form situated in Wimbledon, south-west London. It is a community state school and was known as The Wimbledon Day Commercial School when it opened in 1924.
A larger than average secondary school, Ricards Lodge provides 1,200 places for students between the ages of 11 and 19 when fully subscribed.
Headteacher
Kate Page
Values and vision
The aim of Ricards Lodge is to "educate successful women of the future". It strives to be an environment that challenges all its students academically, celebrating rigour and quality and helping pupils to achieve through the use of technology.
Ricards Lodge High School has a specialism in the performing arts and has gained the Artsmark Gold Award. The school believes that the risk-taking nature of the arts helps to increase self-esteem and self-confidence, as well as improving students' attitudes to learning.
Ofsted report
'Leaders and the governing body are highly ambitious for the school. They have fully addressed the areas for improvement from the previous inspection. Pupils now receive an outstanding quality of education.'
Please see our most recent Ofsted report attached below.
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