Lead Exams Officer

**Salary**:
H7 (£31,563 - £33,384 Per annum)

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
As soon as possible

13 December 2024

**Job overview**:
**36 HOURS PER WEEK - TERM TIME ONLY PLUS 5 days in August**

**SALARY: H7 (£31,563 - £33,384 per annum)**

**Closing date: 9am Friday 13th December 2024**

**Start date: asap**

Hatch End High School is a warm, happy and academically successful school in Harrow with a large and highly successful Sixth Form. We are proud of being a high performing, inclusive community school which welcomes all cultures, faiths and beliefs. We know that the high expectations, outstanding teaching and creative dedication of staff combined with the enthusiasm, discipline and ambition of students is what makes Hatch End a fantastic place to study, develop and excel. We have an uncompromising and relentless focus on the quality of teaching and learning and on professional development so we can fulfil our vision to enable all young people to make exceptional progress and achieve outstanding outcomes, so they are able to live fulfilling and successful lives. Our school ethos, WE CARE**:C**o-operation, **A**mbition, **R**espect, **E**mpathy, underpins everything we do.

We are looking for a highly organised, proactive and solution focused professional to lead on examinations and assessment at Hatch End High School. You will lead a team of experienced exam invigilators and work as part of the Data and Exams Team to oversee the delivery of all aspects of exam provision. The team is comprised of a Data Manager, Assistant Data Manager, Data and Timetabling Officer, a part time Exams Officer and an Attendance Officer. Internal assessments take place throughout the school year and vocational external exams in January & June as well as the November resits and main Summer Exam Season. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a key area and to support students to get the very best outcomes. Prior experience of running an educational exam season would be an advantage but is not required.

You will be responsible for exam entries and results so good ICT and admin skills are required.

**The successful applicant will**:

- be organised and efficient;
- have experience of working in a school or examination environment;
- be keen to support students
- be able to problem solve and good at logístical planning;
- have an enthusiastic and positive approach;
- have energy, stamina and a sense of humour.

**Our school ethos: We CARE** **C**o-operation, **A**mbition, **R**espect, **E**mpathy

**We will**:

- be ambitious and always expect the highest standards from students and staff;
- provide a creative and stimulating teaching and learning environment in which each and every student feels safe and secure to express themselves and fulfil their optimum potential;
- deliver a broad and exciting curriculum which stretches all our students and enables them to achieve, develop and extend their life skills;
- create a calm and disciplined environment in which positive relationships flourish;
- work in co-operation and partnership with our families and wider community in a common endeavour to deliver excellence;
- develop out students’ appreciation and respect for others as well as for themselves;
- reflect regularly on our school’s strengths and areas for development in order to continue to thrive.

**Why work at Hatch End High School?**
- In joining Hatch End High School you can expect to work in an environment where teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do; and where all staff work as a community to support our students to fulfill their potential.
- The school has a comprehensive professional development programme tailored to individual needs, from ECT to middle and senior leadership; new staff are supported and guided by highly skilled and experienced colleagues, and by partners in external organisations.
- Staff have a wide range of opportunities to collaborate and develop their career within the Harrow Collegiate Alliance.
- Staff are afforded many benefits and rewards such as a staff wellbeing programme including free Pilates classes, eye tests and the Cycle to Work Scheme.
- We have excellent transport links with central London, Hertfordshire, Brent and Barnet.

**How to apply**
- “Working at Hatch End High School” page
on our website.

**About **Hatch End High School**:
**Hatch End High School**
- Headstone Lane, Harrow- Middlesex- HA3 6NR- United Kingdom+44 208 428 4330

Hatch End High School is a highly successful multi-cultural Academy located in Harrow, London.

Sixth-form facilities were opened on the site in 2010 and a brand new rebuild in 2019. The school currently has approximately 1,250 students aged 11-18, including 270 in the Sixth Form.

**Headteacher**

Marianne Jeanes

**Values and vision**

Student life at Hatch End High School is centred around a set of core values: Co-operation, Ambition, Respect and Empathy. Teachers are focused on realising the f