Screening reliably identifies all your  students who may qualify for access arrangements in examinations.

Using a selection of group tests approriate to the profile of your cohort, screening is carried out by our assessor, taking 20-40 minutes for each group.

Standardised scores are calculated, recorded and traffic lighted on the spreadsheet, which is then returned to your SENCO, 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.

When completing Part 1 of JCQ Form 8s, your SENCO may use screening results as supplementary evidence, in addition to pupil tracking data and staff reports of each student's ‘Normal Way of  Working'.

Benefits compared with other screening systems:

• No maximum group size;
• No upper age limit;
• No expensive software to install, requiring data entry and updates, successive ICT suite bookings, script scrutiny and printing costs;
  
• No packs of student response booklets to purchase, administer, mark, score, record and store.

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

Individual assessment is a 'stand alone' service, individually tailored to fully complement and articulate with your school's chosen screening procedures. 

This ensures that each student is comprehensively assessed for the full range of currently available JCQ and Centre Granted Access Arrangements, to which they may be entitled. 

Using a blend of first group and then one-to-one testing; and with a TA on hand ready to keep up a steady and continuous throughput of students, we can normally assess 20 individual students in a standard school day – although on occasion, we have considerably exceeded this number.

This service includes:

• Receipt of at least a 'skeleton' Part 1 of Form 8, addressing the three questions within Part 1.
• Supply, completion and secure storage of the full range of appropriate examiner record forms.
• Return of fully completed JCQ Form 8s and Data Protection Notices.
  
• Return of the spreadsheet updated with the appropriate JCQ and Centre Granted Access Arrangements discussed with your SENCO.  This will greatly assist the efficiency of your SENCO with the online applications; and your Exams Officer with planning for the rooming, resourcing and staffing of examinations.

All work 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).