Examinations Manager - Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Location: Amersham
Overview
Dr Challoner's Grammar School is seeking to recruit to our Examinations Manager role, to start ideally 1 December or sooner. This is a permanent position, working term time plus two weeks during August
Term time only
Salary Type: £30,875 - £33,140 pa fte
Salary details: £26,373 - £28,308 (35 hrs); £28,257 - £30,330 (37.5 hrs) pa pro rata
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 35 - 37.5 per week, term time plus 2 weeks to be worked during August.
Closing date: 01/10/2025 12:00
Interviews to be held: Friday 10 October 2025
About us
Dr Challoner’s has 1370 students, of which 450 are in the Sixth Form. In November 2019 the school was judged to be Outstanding in a full section 5 inspection under the new Education Inspection Framework. It is regarded as one of the leading grammar schools in the country. As lead in the Teaching School Hub - Buckinghamshire we provide an exciting range of professional development opportunities.
Website: https://www.challoners.com/
About the role
In this role you will be responsible for the efficient and effective running of our examinations within the school. You will be supported by a team of invigilators, led by a senior invigilator, who work collaboratively to ensure that the exams are conducted in accordance with the school procedures and external exam regulations.
About you
The successful candidate will have strong data processing skills, exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage a varied workload and meet deadlines. You will have the ability to build good working relationships with staff, students and invigilators and to liaise effectively with examination boards to meet the requirements of the exams cycle. Experience of working within a school or across examinations would be beneficial but not essential.
Other information
Please see our web page https://www.challoners.com/c/information/general-information/staff-vacancies for our application form and recruitment monitoring form.
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 787500
Email: [email protected]
Dr Challoner’s Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe In Education guidance, we will carry out online searches to research information on shortlisted candidates, to determine suitability to work with children and keep them safe. This is not part of the shortlisting process; if there are any findings of concern, you will be given the opportunity to address them at interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
