Business examiner - A-level or GCSE

Are you a current Business teacher? 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 Business examiners for summer 2026. 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.
• Mark between 90 and 150 A-level papers or around 180 GCSE papers.
• 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 Business teachers and examiners, supported by an experienced team leader.
• Mark from home or school at times that suit you, with clear deadlines and ongoing support.
• Typical earnings range from £840 to £1,400 for A-level or around £700 for GCSE, depending on the paper.
What you'll need
• Three full terms teaching Business within the last five years. We’re also considering applications 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 Business.
• Take part in standardisation, which gives you the chance to practise applying the mark scheme before marking begins. Standardisation typically takes a few hours and fits around your existing commitments.
• Availability during the marking and standardisation period.
Please note key dates for 2026:
GCSE
Paper 1 – Component code 8132/1. Standardisation window: 25 and 26 May. Marking period 27 May to 16 June.
Paper 2 – Component code 8132/2. Standardisation window: 5 and 6 June. Marking period 7 June to 1 July.
A-level
Paper 1 – Component code 7132/1. Standardisation window: 24 and 25 May. Marking 26 May to 15 June.
Paper 2 – Component code 7132/2. Standardisation window: 1 and 2 June. Marking 3 June to 6 July.
Paper 3 – Component code 7132/3. Standardisation window: 20 and 21 June. Marking 22 June to 11 July.
If you teach Business Studies and want paid work you can do from home while boosting your CPD and enhancing your teaching skills, we’d love to hear from you.