Screening reliably identifies all your  students who may qualify for access arrangements in examinations and also, those students who need additional support, who may have 'slipped through the net'.

Group testing is carried out by our assessor, taking 20-40 minutes for each group.

Standardised scores are then calculated, recorded and trafiic lighted on the spreadsheet, which is returned to your SENCO for scrutiny, with the following recommendations:

• Green: Candidates may not need individual assessment for access arrangements.
• Amber: Candidates may need individual assessment for access arrangements, at SENCO discretion.
• Red: Candidates will need individual assessment for access arrangements.

Red and amber student scripts are returned to help your SENCO paint a picture of each candidate's ‘normal way of working' and satisfy the JCQ inspection requirement of 'evidence of need'. 

Cost to the School: £300.00 per day + travel or overnight stay (capped at £50).

Benefits:

• No need to book and set up the ICT suite
• No maximum group size
• No upper age limit (for your external candidates).

In order to assess selected students for their individual eligibility for an application for access arrangements in examinations, we have arranged the following procedures…

Where our assessor has personally conducted the screening and a TA is on hand to keep up a steady and continuous throughput of students, then we can normally assess 20 students individually in a standard school day – although on occasion, we have considerably exceeded this number.

If, however,  students have been screened by computer, teacher or another qualified assessor, then JCQ regulations require that tests must be repeated.  This will considerably lengthen the time needed for each individual assessment.

This service includes:

• Supply and completion of the full range of appropriate examiner record forms
• Completion and return of JCQ Form 8s
• Return of the spreadsheet updated with the JCQ and centre granted access arrangements recommended.

and is carried out in full consultation and in close collaboration with your SENCO.

Cost to the School: £300.00 per day + travel or overnight stay (capped at £50).

Benefits: 

This service ensures that each student is comprehensively assessed for the full range of currently available JCQ and centre granted arrangements, to which they may be entitled.