Sector Snapshot  ·  Invigilation

UK-Wide Invigilation Coverage

A one-page view of how Gordon Yates supports exam season — the scale we deliver at, the institutions we work with, and the way the service runs.

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Exam-season service
< 3 min
average response time during exam periods
150+
invigilators working concurrently at peak
7 days
a week, early until late, throughout exam season
Scale of delivery
15,054 Invigilation
shifts
59,311 Hours of
support
494 Invigilation
professionals
100% Of shifts
filled

Data from January 2023 – June 2026

Where & how we deliver
Who we support
  • Universities
  • FE colleges
  • Secondary schools
  • Language centres
  • Qualification centres
How we work
  • One simple engagement model
  • Year-round recruitment & onboarding
  • Pool scaled to your exam timetable
  • Right-to-work verified; DBS as required
  • Bookings & changes managed end-to-end
About this snapshot

The figures above cover invigilation work delivered by Gordon Yates between January 2023 and June 2026. Every shift booked in that period was filled, due to a combination of extremely low ‘no-show’ rates and our recommendation to slightly overbook each shift.

Exam season concentrates a year's worth of staffing pressure into a few weeks. Our model is built around that: a pool recruited and compliance-checked year-round, scaled to each client's timetable, with bookings, changes and last-minute cover handled end-to-end by our team — institutions deal with one point of contact rather than a rota to manage.

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