About This Role
Are you looking to build your CPD, share best practice with fellow subject experts and further inspire your teaching? AQA is recruiting GCSE and A-level examiners for summer 2026.
We particularly welcome applications from Business, Economics, English, EPQ, Geography, Psychology, Philosophy, Religious Studies and Sociology teachers. This flexible role fits alongside a full-time teaching job and is completed online from home.
Key responsibilities
- Review student responses and apply the mark scheme accurately and consistently to ensure fair results.
- Commit an average of 15 to 20 hours a week to marking during the exam period.
- Complete your marking over approximately one month. Full details of your allocation, deadlines and earnings will be confirmed when you receive your contract.
What’s in it for you
- Benefit from expert training and support. We will equip you with everything you need to feel confident and succeed.
- Build your CPD, gain insight into how students respond to exam questions, sharpen your marking skills and bring valuable knowledge back into your classroom.
- Join a community of subject specialists. Share best practice and work alongside other teachers and examiners, supported by an experienced team leader.
- Earn additional income while marking from home or school at times that suit you, with clear deadlines and ongoing support.
What we are looking for
- Three full terms teaching your chosen subject and level within the last five years. We’re also considering applications to Economics, Geography, Religious Studies and Sociology from trainee teachers and ECTs, subject to requirements.
- A senior referee who can verify your relevant experience.
- Preferably a degree, teaching qualification or equivalent in your subject.
- Availability during the marking and standardisation period.
- We particularly welcome applications from Business, Economics, English, EPQ, Geography, Psychology, Philosophy, Religious Studies and Sociology teachers.