West Heath School
Kent
£22,028 - £23,740 per year
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
28 October 2025
Job overview
Salary: FTE Band 4: £26,061 - £28,351 plus Additional Responsibility Payment £3391 pa
Actual: £19,492 - £21,204 plus Additional Responsibility Payment £2,536 pa
Working Hours: 32.5 hours per week – Term time only, plus 2 days in August
Can you make the difference to the lives of our students? Do you like to be challenged? Are you solution focused?
Do you want to be part of our SEMH school?
This could be the job for you.
West Heath School is a challenging place to work, but our dedicated staff rebuild lives through education. Teaching respect, encouraging responsibility, building relationships, and developing resilience in our students is an integral part of the role. Our committed, dynamic, and resourceful staff find working at West Heath School rewarding. We are currently on an exciting journey to be registered as a therapeutic community and welcome staff who follow this ethos.
If you would like to be part of our journey to support students' lives, we are looking for a Deputy Exams Officer to join our team. You will be working alongside the Exams Officer to support the administration and the on the day organisation of exams runs smoothly.
Key responsibilities include supporting with managing of examination entries, securing and distributing exam papers, organizing examination sessions, training and supervising invigilators, communicating deadlines and procedures to stakeholders, ensuring data protection, and processing results and certificates.
The role requires strong organisational, communication, and ICT skills, with a high degree of accuracy and an ability to work to strict deadlines.
As a school we are proud to promote the development of life skills and social development as equal to academic achievement. West Heath School works towards the end goal of helping students re-integrate into mainstream learning and preparation for adulthood.
If you would like to be part of the journey helping our students gain their best outcomes, we can support you by offering:
* Term Time only working
* Free lunches
* Generous Company Pension scheme
* Employee Assistant Programme
* Charity Discount Scheme
* Summer and Christmas Social events
* Free onsite parking
* Swimming pool
* Excellent training opportunities both internal and external
If you want to know more about us or would like to visit before applying, please call or e-mail the whs.HR-team@
Working at West Heath School involves close and unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups including children and as such is a regulated activity. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post (including an Enhanced DBS check. Management positions will require a 128 Check.)
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About West Heath School
West Heath School
Ashgrove Road, Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 1SR
United Kingdom
Our School
West Heath School is an Independent SEN residential school with charity status. We provide a therapeutically informed learning environment for children aged 10-19 who have suffered some form of trauma and are unable to access mainstream education.
Our Mission Statement
"REBUILDING LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION"
To support and empower every member of our community in the process of developing the capacity to accept and exercise responsibility; to demonstrate respect for themselves and others; to build and maintain relationships based on trust, respect and integrity; and to be courageous enough to continue to build the resilience necessary to flourish.
Our Values
Respect
Having respect for others, for ourselves and for our environment.
Responsibility
Having the courage to accept responsibility for our own actions and their consequences and taking the necessary action to do what's right.
Relationships
Being open to the vulnerability that comes from building trusting and respectful relationships, knowing that through connection comes so much of what gives life value.
Resilience
Developing the courage to live life, accepting failure as part of learning and growth, and building the capacity to respond positively to adversity.
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