diff --git a/orchestrator/packages/api/src/controllers/validations-controller.ts b/orchestrator/packages/api/src/controllers/validations-controller.ts
index 688f7c0..93411ef 100644
--- a/orchestrator/packages/api/src/controllers/validations-controller.ts
+++ b/orchestrator/packages/api/src/controllers/validations-controller.ts
@@ -11,3 +11,13 @@ export const gradingJobValidation = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     res.json({ "message": "Provided request body is a valid grading job configuration." }) :
     res.json({ "errors": formatValidationErrors(validator.errors) });
 }
+
+export const gradingScriptValidation = async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  if (!req.body || req.body.length === 0) {
+    return errorResponse(res, 400, ['No request body provided for grading script schema validation.']);
+  }
+  const validator = validations.gradingScript;
+  return validator(req.body) ?
+    res.json({ "message": "Provided request body is a valid grading script configuration." }) :
+    res.json({ "errors": formatValidationErrors(validator.errors) });
+}
diff --git a/orchestrator/packages/api/src/routes/validations.ts b/orchestrator/packages/api/src/routes/validations.ts
index 099802d..5412560 100644
--- a/orchestrator/packages/api/src/routes/validations.ts
+++ b/orchestrator/packages/api/src/routes/validations.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { Router } from "express";
 import verifyAPIKey from "../middleware/verify-api-key";
-import { gradingJobValidation } from "../controllers/validations-controller";
+import { gradingJobValidation, gradingScriptValidation } from "../controllers/validations-controller";
 
 const validationsRouter = Router();
 
 validationsRouter.post('/validate_grading_job', verifyAPIKey, gradingJobValidation);
+validationsRouter.post('/validate_grading_script', verifyAPIKey, gradingScriptValidation);
 
 export default validationsRouter;
diff --git a/orchestrator/packages/common/src/types/grading-queue.ts b/orchestrator/packages/common/src/types/grading-queue.ts
index 100e993..64b5b74 100644
--- a/orchestrator/packages/common/src/types/grading-queue.ts
+++ b/orchestrator/packages/common/src/types/grading-queue.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export interface FileInfo {
 
 export type CollationType = "team" | "user";
 
+export type GradingScript = GradingScriptCommand[];
+
 export interface Collation {
   type: CollationType;
   id: string;
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ export interface GradingJobConfig {
   metadata_table: Record<string, string | string[]>;
   files: Record<string, FileInfo>;
   priority: number;
-  script: GradingScriptCommand[];
+  script: GradingScript;
   response_url: string;
   container_response_url?: string;
   grader_image_sha: string;
diff --git a/orchestrator/packages/common/src/validations/index.ts b/orchestrator/packages/common/src/validations/index.ts
index 87af718..07c061a 100644
--- a/orchestrator/packages/common/src/validations/index.ts
+++ b/orchestrator/packages/common/src/validations/index.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ import { collationSchema } from "./schemas/shared";
 import {
   gradingJobConfigSchema,
   gradingJobConfigSubSchemas,
+  gradingScriptSchema
 } from "./schemas/grading-job-config";
 import { moveJobRequestSchema } from "./schemas/move-job-request";
 import {
   GradingJobConfig,
+  GradingScript,
   MoveJobRequest,
 } from "../types/grading-queue";
 import { GraderImageBuildRequest } from "../types/image-build-service";
 import { graderImageBuildRequestSchema } from "./schemas/grader-image-build-request";
 
 let ajv = new Ajv().addSchema(collationSchema);
-ajv = gradingJobConfigSubSchemas.reduce(
+ajv = [gradingJobConfigSubSchemas].reduce(
   (prev, curr) => prev.addSchema(curr),
   ajv,
 );
@@ -22,8 +24,9 @@ export type ValidationErrors = typeof ajv.errors;
 
 export default {
   gradingJobConfig: ajv.compile<GradingJobConfig>(gradingJobConfigSchema),
+  gradingScript: ajv.compile<GradingScript>(gradingScriptSchema),
   moveJobRequest: ajv.compile<MoveJobRequest>(moveJobRequestSchema),
   graderImageBuildRequest: ajv.compile<GraderImageBuildRequest>(
     graderImageBuildRequestSchema,
-  ),
+  )
 };
diff --git a/orchestrator/packages/common/src/validations/schemas/grading-job-config.ts b/orchestrator/packages/common/src/validations/schemas/grading-job-config.ts
index 59e3d9a..6e3569e 100644
--- a/orchestrator/packages/common/src/validations/schemas/grading-job-config.ts
+++ b/orchestrator/packages/common/src/validations/schemas/grading-job-config.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const fileInfo = {
   additionalProperties: false,
 } as const;
 
-const bashGradingScriptCommand = {
+const bashGradingScriptCommandSchema = {
   $id: "https://orca-schemas.com/grading-job-config/bash-grading-script-command",
   type: "object",
   properties: {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const bashGradingScriptCommand = {
   additionalProperties: false,
 } as const;
 
-const gradingScriptCondition = {
+const gradingScriptConditionSchema = {
   $id: "https://orca-schemas.com/grading-job-config/grading-script-condition",
   type: "object",
   properties: {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const gradingScriptCondition = {
   additionalProperties: false,
 } as const;
 
-const conditionalGradingScriptCommand = {
+const conditionalGradingScriptCommandSchema = {
   $id: "https://orca-schemas.com/grading-job-config/conditional-grading-script-command",
   type: "object",
   properties: {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ const conditionalGradingScriptCommand = {
   additionalProperties: false,
 } as const;
 
-const gradingScriptCommand = {
+export const gradingScriptCommandSchema = {
   $id: "https://orca-schemas.com/grading-job-config/grading-script-command",
   oneOf: [
     {
@@ -114,12 +114,25 @@ const gradingScriptCommand = {
   ],
 } as const;
 
+export const gradingScriptSubSchemas = [
+  bashGradingScriptCommandSchema,
+  gradingScriptConditionSchema,
+  conditionalGradingScriptCommandSchema,
+  gradingScriptCommandSchema
+];
+
+export const gradingScriptSchema = {
+  $id: "https://orca-schemas.com/grading-job-config/grading-script",
+  type: "array",
+  items: {
+    $ref: "https://orca-schemas.com/grading-job-config/grading-script-command",
+  },
+} as const;
+
 export const gradingJobConfigSubSchemas = [
   fileInfo,
-  gradingScriptCommand,
-  bashGradingScriptCommand,
-  gradingScriptCondition,
-  conditionalGradingScriptCommand,
+  ...gradingScriptSubSchemas,
+  gradingScriptSchema
 ];
 
 export const gradingJobConfigSchema = {
@@ -140,12 +153,7 @@ export const gradingJobConfigSchema = {
       },
     },
     priority: { type: "number" },
-    script: {
-      type: "array",
-      items: {
-        $ref: "https://orca-schemas.com/grading-job-config/grading-script-command",
-      },
-    },
+    script: { $ref: "https://orca-schemas.com/grading-job-config/grading-script" },
     response_url: { type: "string" },
     container_response_url: { type: "string" },
     grader_image_sha: { type: "string" },