2023 EXAMS Booking Deadlines for SEN Access Arrangements

Here are the 2023 EXAMS Booking Deadlines for students requiring special access arrangements. Please have a look at the link with the dates if you are booking with T&E and require any kind of special arrangements. In my opinion it is best to get this arranged as soon as possible as it can be a lengthy process in some cases. Happy Home Edding Debbie

2023 EXAMS Booking Deadlines for Access Arrangements

To ensure you don’t miss out; the deadlines for applying for Access Arrangements are:

22nd June 2022 for November 2022 Exams (Modified Paper-CIE)
29th June 2022 for November 2022 Exams (CIE)
31st August 2022 for October 2022 Exams (Pearson/Edexcel International A Levels)
31st August 2022 for November 2022 Exams (GCSE English Language and Mathematics ‘Re-sits’)
28th September 2022 for January 2023 Exams (Pearson/Edexcel International A Levels / International GCSEs)
13th January 2023 for Summer 2023 Exams (Modified Paper – all Awarding Organisations)
1st February 2023 for Summer 2023 Exams (all Awarding Organisations)

Please note, the deadline date is for when all evidence for access arrangements needs to be received by.

What are Access Arrangements?

Access Arrangements allow candidates/learners with special educational needs, disabilities or temporary injuries to participate in an assessment without changing the demands of said assessment. Notification allows us, as the examining centre, to organise readers, scribes and other required arrangements where needed/requested. This ensures Awarding Organisations can comply with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 to make ‘reasonable adjustments’.

The Equality Act 2010 requires an Awarding Organisation to make reasonable adjustments where a disabled person would be at a substantial disadvantage in undertaking an assessment.

A reasonable adjustment for a particular person may be unique to that individual and may not be included in the list of available Access Arrangements.

How reasonable the adjustment is, will depend on a number of factors including the needs of the disabled candidate/learner. An adjustment may not be considered reasonable if it involves unreasonable costs, timeframes or affects the security or integrity of the assessment.