access arrangements and reasonable adjustments
These are applied so candidates are not disadvantaged either before or during exams. You can apply via your school’s Exams Officer who makes the application on line. It is advisable to apply as early as possible so the school’s Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) can begin to assess your needs. Not all of these will apply to a child or young person with IBD, but some of them often will.
Depending on your normal way of working, Access Arrangements can include:
- deadline extensions to cover shortfalls in coursework
- use of a laptop or word processor
- modified papers (June 2019 deadline is January 31st)
- use of a prompter
- use of a reader or sign language interpreter
- use of a scribe
- private invigilation at home
- unlimited supervised rest breaks during exams
- 25% extra time (based on writing, reading, cognitive speeds and assessed by SENCO and/or an Educational Psychologist (EP)
- 50% extra time (ditto above but usually reserved for candidates with learning difficulties)
- more than 50% extra time (ditto above but usually reserved for candidates with severe learning difficulties such as a visual impairment)
download our guide to help with exams
This leaflet includes an example of a request for exam support.
The leaflet also contains information on access arrangements and special consideration. It details the sort of reasonable adjustments that can be made before and during exams and what can be done after exams if a young person is absent from a timetabled component or unit due to illness or was present, but disadvantaged as a result of illness immediately before or during the examination period.
CICRA guide to exams