Summary

Claremont is seeking an exceptional exams manager to lead and oversee all examinations within the senior school. This is a vital role, ensuring that all internal and external assessments are delivered to the highest standards.

Detail

Claremont Fan Court School is a thriving, co-educational independent day school set within 100 acres of historic Surrey parkland. We pride ourselves on combining academic ambition with a strong focus on pastoral care and character development.

Claremont is seeking an exceptional exams manager to lead and oversee all examinations within the senior school. This is a vital role, ensuring that all internal and external assessments are delivered to the highest standards. The successful candidate will manage all aspects of examinations - from entries and timetabling to invigilation planning, results processing, compliance, and communication.

The postholder will lead a dedicated team of external invigilators, and the exams administrator, ensuring that every examination runs efficiently and to the highest standards of integrity. The exams manager reports to the deputy head (academic). This is a term-time plus role for 40 weeks per year.

Who We’re Looking For

You will be:

• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and time management skills
• An excellent communicator, with experience managing and supporting a team
• The ability to remain calm under pressure
• Previous knowledge of JCQ procedures is highly desirable
• Previous exam officer or exam administration experience in a school environment is highly desirable
• Excellent IT skills; able to use Word and Excel to a high standard as well as advanced IT proficiency with databases (experience of SIMS database desirable)

Why Claremont?

Claremont is a warm, grounded and truly co‑educational day school community where children thrive because they are encouraged to be themselves while striving for their best. Our ethos rejects hot‑house culture; instead, we pair academic aspiration with kindness, curiosity and breadth of opportunity.

Benefits include a generous defined contribution scheme, comprehensive life assurance, and staff fee remission (for eligible staff upon successful completion of probationary period), cycle to work scheme as well as complimentary lunches and refreshments during term-time*

Closing date: 9:00am Monday 16 March 2026

Applications for this role will be considered as they are received. Interviews, and any subsequent offers, may be made at any stage of the process. Candidates are therefore encouraged to submit their applications at the earliest opportunity.

To apply, please complete an application via our recruitment portal.

Interviews are expected to take place during the week commencing 23 March 2026.

*Please refer to the benefits section under our “working at Claremont” page of our website

We are an equal opportunities employer and are seeking applications from suitable candidates from all backgrounds. We are fully committed to creating and sustaining a positive and supportive working environment free from discrimination where staff feel valued and respected. We value individuality and diversity and believe in equal opportunity for everyone, irrespective of age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The school may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The school is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Documents

• Job information pack - Exams manager - 2026 PDF Document