Job Description

Role: Exams and Assessment Officer

Academy Outwood Academy Portland

Start Date: September 2026

Salary (Actual Salary): £28,598 to £29,540

Working Pattern: 37 Hours Per Week / Full Time (Whole Year)

Are you an exceptionally organised, detail-driven professional with a strong understanding of examinations processes and data systems? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment where precision, compliance and deadlines are critical to student success?

We are seeking a highly motivated Exams and Assessment Officer to join our team at Outwood Academy Portland, affectionately known as “the Palace.” This is a pivotal role at the heart of the academy, ensuring the seamless delivery of all internal and external examinations while maintaining robust and accurate assessment data to support school improvement.

You will take full responsibility for the administration, organisation and smooth running of the examinations process, ensuring compliance with all JCQ regulations and awarding body requirements. From coordinating entries and timetables to managing invigilation and results distribution, your work will directly impact the experience and outcomes of our students.

Alongside this, you will play a key role in maintaining and analysing pupil assessment data, supporting leaders and teaching staff to track progress, identify underachievement and raise standards across the academy. Your ability to manage information systems, produce insightful reports and uphold the highest standards of accuracy and confidentiality will be essential.

This role requires excellent organisational skills, the ability to manage competing deadlines, and confidence in working with data and management information systems. You will also need strong communication skills, as you will liaise with staff, students, parents and external agencies.

If you are someone who takes pride in getting the detail right, can remain calm under pressure, and wants to contribute meaningfully to student success in a supportive and ambitious school, we would love to hear from you

Welcome from the Principal

We are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place students at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning. We have an exceptional culture and student behaviour which is recognised by being a host school for the Exemplary Leadership Programme.

‘Overwhelmingly, staff are upbeat about the school. They value the positive changes in the school’s culture. They appreciate training opportunities. They welcome steps to make their workload more manageable. Staff morale is positive and they are very proud to be part of the school.’ - Ofsted, November 2024.

We have created an educational environment where staff and students constantly strive to improve; where teachers sharpen their skills and expand their repertoires to deliver an outstanding learning experience; and where teachers, classroom assistants, mentors, tutors, inclusion support assistants and students operate as a seamless team. This enables everybody, staff and students, to not only see but also help fulfil the potential in each other.

We believe our success speaks for itself as we are above the national average for the number of students achieving at a Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs. We are also proud to have been awarded Bronze Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award.

We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.

All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.

If you share our vision, join our family.

If you have any questions or would like to visit the school, please contact Murray Campbell, Assistant Principal at m.campbell@portland.outwood.com

The Officer manages all administrative and operational aspects of examinations, ensuring accuracy and full compliance with JCQ regulations. This includes managing the MIS for entries, liaising with boards, overseeing invigilation timetabling, training/supervising invigilators, and managing the security and distribution of examination papers and results.

The role also involves critical data management: coordinating the student census, using 'Praising Stars' for pupil tracking, undertaking statistical analysis of assessment data and trends for departmental managers and SLT, and producing reports to identify underachieving students. They provide all parents with student assessment data.

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A Level 3 qualification in a relevant discipline is essential. Essential experience includes working with statistical analysis, management information, and data collection, as well as assisting with or organising educational examinations. Candidates should possess the ability to effectively communicate, use standard ICT packages, particularly Excel, and work well under pressure while managing competing deadlines. A key skill is the ability to analyse data and present it clearly. Experience in the use of educational management information systems, including SIMS, is desirable.

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