Job Description

Royal Grammar School

castle upon Tyne
28,000 per year

Salary:

Circa 35,000 gross per annum FTE (circa 28,000 for term-time only)

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

01 September 2025

Apply by:

26 August 2025

Job overview

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Required as soon as possible

We have a rare opportunity for someone to join us as our Assistant Exams Officer. Working under the Exams Officer (a highly experienced senior teacher), this is a critical role in this high-achieving school. As our Assistant Exams Officer, you will be responsible for the administration associated with both the internal and external exams processes. You will ensure that the exams systems run smoothly and that our students are awarded the grades they have achieved. RGS is a vibrant school, and you will need to be able to work flexibly and show a good use of initiative. Experience of working in a school is desirable but not essential.

Hours:

This is a permanent role, term-time only + 15 days. It is expected that 10 days will be worked during GCSE and A-Level results weeks and other exam administration, as agreed with the line manager. The remaining 4 days will be retained for staff days throughout the year.

The normal core working hours for the role will be 37.5 hours per week, 8.30am - 4.30pm (7.5 hours per day), unless the Assistant Exams Officer is involved in any specific role-related duties which may occur outside of the normal working hours during peak exam periods. The successful candidate will need to work flexibly to meet the requirements of the role, working longer hours during peak examination periods and taking time off in lieu in quieter periods.

Salary:

The salary will be circa 35,000 gross per annum (full-time equivalent); circa 28,000 pro rata gross per annum for term time only + 15 days.

Excellent benefits are available - please refer to the job information pack for more details.

For further information and to apply, please visit our

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Closing date: 9.00am on Tuesday 26th August 2025.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of neurodivergence, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Whilst all applications are considered on merit, we would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently underrepresented in our staff community. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-interview referencing, internet searches and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check with the children's barred list check and other appropriate checks.

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Royal Grammar School

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Royal Grammar School

Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE2 4DX
United Kingdom

+44 191 2815711

Thomas Horsley, the original settlor of the Royal Grammar School Newcastle (RGS) pledged his legacy to the School in 1525. Almost 500 years later, RGS continues to flourish as the premier independent school in the North East of England and as one of the country's leading schools, and the Sunday Times' North East Independent School of the Decade 2020. Most recently, RGS was awarded the Sunday Times' 2023 North East's Top Independent Secondary School for Academic Performance. We regularly lead all northern schools in national league tables and pride ourselves on academic excellence, a high level of pastoral support, involvement in a wide range of sports and other co-curricular activities, and our commitment to bursaries and partnerships.



The RGS has grown substantially in recent years. There are now some 1,320 students, over 260 of whom are in the Junior School. The Sixth Form of 330 students is one of the largest in the independent sector. We became coeducational 20 years ago and girls now comprise 46% of the school.



The school is based in the heart of the City, immediately opposite Jesmond Metro station. The school occupies over 30 acres of land and has state-of-the-art facilities, including five brand new art studios, a new library, a new Sixth Form Centre, a 25m swimming pool, two Sports Halls, a Performing Arts Centre, outdoor football/rugby pitches at Mooracres, an artificial turf pitch for hockey and the former County Cricket Ground.



Academically the school is highly selective. Students are assessed for entry at the key entry points (Y3, Y5, Y7 and a handful at Y9, plus sixth form). The biggest entry points are Y3 (60 students), Y7 (c.75 students) and Y12 (c. 45 students). Beyond the academics, in Junior School (Y3-6) entry is assessed through activity days whilst at Y7 students are assessed through online tests and an interaction day. Sixth form entry is through interview only. Students sit baseline tests in Y7, Y10, and L6 - the average GLA CAT score for both the current Y7 and L6 is 117.



Academic selection and excellent teaching means the school's results are exceptional. The published figures for 2023 are on the school's website. For A Level, 34% of A level grades were at A; 71% A- A; and 89% A- B. For GCSE, the proportion of grade 9s was 41.2%; 9 - 8 was 67.8%; and 9 - 7 was 85.8%. These results placed the RGS 51st, nationally, in The Sunday Times Parent Power survey, up from 73rd place in 2022.


In 2021 The Sunday Times Parent Power survey judged RGS Newcastle to be the North East Independent School of the Decade. Since then, the RGS has consistently ranked first for academic results in the North East. In 2023, as well as receiving accreditation for the Wellbeing Award for Schools, the RGS was awarded the overall title of Independent School of the Year for the whole of the UK, following winning the category for Outstanding Educational Partnerships. We have more recently been awarded the title of Sunday Times Parent Power North East Independent School of the Year for 2024.

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