The Highcrest Academy
Buckinghamshire
Salary:
£36,495 - £39,876 annually (FTE)
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
20 October 2025
Job overview
Discover What Highcrest Can Offer You
How does working nine days but being paid for ten sound?
From September 2024, all permanent staff at Highcrest have benefitted from a 9-day working fortnight. The concept is simple: you work nine days and get paid for ten. The tenth day is your dedicated 'reset day' — time away from school to rest, recharge, and invest in your well-being. This is in addition to your statutory PPA time.
Staff feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Colleagues return from their reset day feeling more energised, less overwhelmed, and better able to manage the demands of school life. Many also enjoy the extra flexibility, reduced travel time, and cost savings.
Could this be the change you've been looking for?
As part of our dedication to staff wellbeing, we are excited to be able to offer this role on a flexible basis. While the nature of the role will require set times of the year working on site for set hours, we are happy to commit to offering annualised hours for this position with the option to work from home when exams are not taking place. A full discussion will be offered on the flexibility of the role at interview and we are prepared to work with the successful candidate to ensure the hours and weeks worked are right for both you and the academy.
Does Highcrest sound like the school for you?
If you're driven by the satisfaction of transforming lives and helping young people overcome barriers to success, we'd love to hear from you.
Take your career to the next level
At Highcrest, we do whatever it takes to break down barriers and unlock potential. As the only all-ability academy in Buckinghamshire, we are proud to provide an outstanding education for every student — from high academic achievers to those with special educational needs.
Our innovative, inclusive curriculum reflects the diversity of our school community and is purposefully designed to challenge, support, and inspire every learner.
Explore the opportunity
* Take responsibility for the organisation and smooth running of all external and internal examinations in line with JCQ and awarding body regulations.
* Manage entries, timetables, seating plans, and exam clashes, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
* Oversee secure storage, distribution, and collection of exam papers and materials.
* Recruit, train, and manage a team of invigilators, ensuring safeguarding and exam regulations are upheld.
* Liaise with subject leaders, SENCo, and pastoral staff to ensure the right access arrangements and support are in place for students.
* Produce and share clear exam guidance and timetables with staff, students, and parents.
* Act as the main point of contact for awarding bodies and JCQ inspectors.
* Manage exam days, troubleshoot issues, and maintain calm, fair conditions for all candidates.
* Oversee results day arrangements, distribution of certificates, and any post-results services (remarks, appeals, script returns).
* Organise internal assessments and Highcrest Academy banding tests, including logistics, communication, and data reporting.
* Monitor and manage the exams budget, ensuring accurate charging for re-sits and remark requests.
* Keep up to date with regulations, policies, and best practice, attending training as required.
We're looking for:
* Someone with strong organisational skills and a keen eye for detail.
* A calm, reliable presence who can manage pressure during busy exam periods.
* A confident communicator, able to liaise effectively with staff, students, parents, and external organisations.
* You will have experience of working with data systems (MIS/exams software) and handling sensitive information securely.
* Knowledge of JCQ regulations (or willingness to train and develop in this area).
* A team player with the ability to lead a team of invigilators and work collaboratively with colleagues across the school.
* Commitment to upholding fairness, equality, and inclusion for all students.
Apply Now
If you're ready to join our team, please complete our online application form via the apply button.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Closing date: Midnight on 20th October 2025.
Please note, we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and may close the advert early should we receive an exceptional candidate, so we recommend applying early.
The Highcrest Academy is fully committed to safeguarding children (polices on web). All members of staff are in a "regulated" role under the Vetting & Barring Scheme and have to be DBS cleared prior to employment.
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About The Highcrest Academy
The Highcrest Academy
Hatters Lane, High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP13 7NQ
United Kingdom
The Highcrest Academy is a vibrant, happy school in which every student is given the opportunity to develop their talents and to flourish as individuals. We are relentless in our pursuit of building a cohesive culture and curriculum that matches the varied needs of our students.
Our motto, 'Aspire and Achieve' is central to our philosophy. We are committed to making sure that every student makes outstanding progress and succeeds both academically and in terms of their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Indeed, we value a strong work ethic and aim to develop, sometimes hidden or unsuspected talent, into fruition.
At Highcrest, we are committed to setting high expectations for the conduct of our pupils and believe it is crucial for there to be an established culture in which all are able to excel. We want all the children who come to the academy to enjoy their learning and to become thoughtful, articulate, confident and responsible members of society.
Our personalised curriculum is enhanced by numerous extra-curricular opportunities, community and business projects, national and international competitions and a thriving House System. This encourages staff and students of all ages to work together.
The Highcrest Academy is the only all-ability academy in Buckinghamshire and is a culturally diverse, over-subscribed school, making it a fantastic place to teach. There are approximately 1000 students on roll, including Sixth Form. We know from pupil surveys that students are proud of our school and, when parents have been surveyed, the level of parent satisfaction has also been exceptionally high.
We are very aware that The Highcrest Academy is part of a community and we work hard to instil a sense of local and global responsibility. This means that students take part in many activities which enhance the local community, and have a real understanding of their role in improving the work community.
Our mission is to create a positive, secure and happy learning environment where all students experience success, friendship, respect and self-worth; where students value and celebrate the diverse talents and cultural heritage of all, and achieve their full potential in becoming responsible citizens, respecting the rights of other and contributing to our society.
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