Welcome to the EOA website

This website services the exam community at three levels. On first coming to the site you can only get public access to a limited service. All exams office staff in schools and colleges can register free as an Associate Member onto the site with additional access. Other stakeholders in the education and exam community can also register for limited access. However, as a Full Member (practising exams office staff only) you have full access to all benefits and services within your own professional organisation.

news flash

Sunderland Inquiry on this Year's SATs

The EOA have been asked to submit a report on their members' experiences of the whole SATs issue. All the traffic on the forum will also be included as part of the report to help the department with defining what went wrong and for any future planning.

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latest EOA news

26 August 2008

New Results Day Forums

A level / GCSE and SATS

Your targeted comments are vital for the future planning and management of exam systems
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19 June 2008

Gill Bradford meets Jim Knight MP

This meeting follows the questions raised by the EOA in the House of Commons back in January when the Minister responded on the support and training given to the exams office community.

As documented in earlier articles on the website clearly that valuable support provided by the NAA is targeted at the safe delivery of the exam system and not at areas related to individual jobs and roles.

The EOA was set up originally, not as a union, but to represent individual members' needs and to address these very issues.To some they may feel that the EOA is doing too little too late. Over the past few years the EOA has been building an organisation to front these issues and play an important role in securing a professional workforce that will benefit all our education community.
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11 May 2008
The whole discussion over the impact of re-grading of exams office personnel by local authorities has become more intense as the exam community draw closer and closer to the launch of the diploma in September 2008. Remember this will only directly effect 20% of the exams office community. However, we are all aware that greater engagement needs to be taken by the rest of the community if they are to be fully prepared for this next wave of involvement.

Listed below are just some of the events and activities the EOA has been involved in over the past few months in trying to provide independent representation for our community.

If you have any comments on any of these please email using the title - " Feedback on activities" to andrewharland@examofficers.org.uk
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25 April 2008
The EOA and the NAA working together to support exams centres
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21 April 2008
The EOA is about to launch its new Exams Office Networking service.
Over the next few weeks we will be building this network on the website.
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features

Join the ATL

Full members can now join the ATL at a reduced rate. Sign in and click on the link below to find out more and for an application form. Read more >

Qualifications update

Members can now apply for one of the 3 BTEC courses on Managing / Administering Exams and the competency framework will help you to determine the appropriate level to serve your needs. Please e-mail info@examofficers.org to get access to the on-line system.

For further information click on the link below.