Become a District Judge - Magistrates' Courts

Qualifying Test Feedback Report

The Qualifying Test Feedback Report for this selection exercise is available here.

The Report provides general comment on how candidates performed in the test. It gives a broad indication of:
• the general standard of scripts;
• the range of marks awarded;
• the distribution of marks within this range;
• the balance of marks awarded across the scenarios;
• where candidates  performed poorly, and the identification and analysis of common problems.

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ADVERTISEMENT   Reference: 00483
Salary: £102,921
Closing date for applications: 29 July 2010

The Judicial Appointments Commission is inviting applications for appointment to the office of District Judge in the Magistrates' Courts.

30 vacancies:

• 16 vacancies on the South Eastern Circuit;
• 7 vacancies on the North Eastern Circuit;
• 4 vacancies on the Midland Circuit;
• 2 vacancies on the Northern Circuit; and
• 1 vacancy on the Western Circuit

Jurisdiction

• 20 vacancies in the Crime jurisdiction (sitting only in the Magistrates' Courts);
• 9 vacancies in the Crime and Family jurisdictions (sitting in the Magistrates' Courts and the Family Proceedings Court); and
• 1 vacancy in the Family jurisdiction (sitting only in the Family Proceedings Court).

Five of the Crime posts and four of the Crime and Family posts are suitable for salaried part-time working. Further details of the locations and available patterns of the posts are given in the information pack available.

It is anticipated that the posts will become vacant over the course of the next two to three years.

The information pack includes the full eligibility criteria and the job description. It also describes the selection process, with relevant dates and advice on how to prepare your application.

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The Judicial Appointments Commission selects candidates for judicial office. It does so on merit, through fair and open competition, from the widest range of eligible candidates.