Develop your career with AQA – video

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Develop your career with AQA

AQA is the UK's largest Exam Board, it takes a lot of examiners to mark over 3.5 million exams every year.

Examine the facts

If you've ever wondered how the qualifications process actually works then there is no better way to find out than to become an AQA examiner. We have over 35,000 examiners and we're always on the look-out for more, to make up for the fact that each year some examiners retire or are temporarily unavailable. And our workload increases from additional entries, meaning we need even more examiners.

At the core of the qualifications process

It's a fact that without our examiners there would be no AQA qualifications. Without senior examiners to write question papers, there would be no exams for students to sit, and without the army of examiners to mark their scripts, there would be no results. Even in this era of new technology the examiner still fulfils a vital role.

So why should I become an examiner?

We understand that you have many other demands on your time. But there are benefits to you and to your school or college.

  1. you get paid, not a fortune but enough to make it worth your while!
  2. you get to meet and network with other like minded and committed teaching professionals at the standardisation meetings
  3. you get to understand the examination process to a greater degree than you ever would if you simply attended support meetings – this gives you a real advantage back in the classroom and enables you to help, advise and mentor colleagues back at your Centre
  4. it gives you an opportunity to give something back to the profession you love and keeps it going for future generations
  5. and there are opportunities for promotion to senior examining posts where you are responsible for a team of examiners.

Any other opportunities?

You could also find that you have a particular talent for examining and this could lead to a deeper relationship with AQA as a Principal Examiner writing question papers, as part of the specification development team or as a presenter for the Teacher Support unit, using your teaching and examining experience to help and support other teachers.