[senco-forum] access arrangements

Go to
 http://www.jcq.org.uk/access_arrangements/

The contact addresses and telephone numbers for every exam board and,
everything you ever wanted to know about access arrangements but were afraid
to ask,  is also there (well almost everything!!)
Sharon F

-----Original Message-----
From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Angela Karuga
Mutinda
Sent: 25 October 2006 13:46
To: Amanda
Cc: senco-forum; LaurieMaybanks
Subject: Re: [senco-forum] access arrangements

I'm looking for a name or dept to contact for special exam arrngements for
both cambridge and edexel igcse exams for next school year.

Angela.

On 18/10/06, Amanda <amandavh at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks ,Laurie.  It is very useful.
>
>   We don't give these pupils help with the day to day business in
> class.  It is assessed coursework I am concerned about.
>
>   Amanda
>
>
> LaurieMaybanks <laurie at maybanks.net> wrote:
>   Hi Amanda,
>
> We generally find that one person can read for several students at GCSE,
> especially science/maths modules.
>
> In terms of readers for GCSE I was on a course recently and Nick Lait (who
> runs the Edexel Access Arrangements Department) was there.
>
> The question that I raised with him was that although we had students who
> qualified for a reader on single word reading test and had had a reader
> for
> SATs it was not possible to provide someone in class to show 'normal way
> of
> working' due to lack of staff, resources, budget, etc. Did that disqualify
> students from having a reader?
>
> He said that "We [Edexel] would look favourably on applications for
> readers
> under those circumstances."
>
> Obviously students need to have the chance to practise having a reader.
> But
> there is, in my opinion, a difference between practice and having a reader
> 24/7.
>
> In terms of costs and budget issues personally I don't think that should
> be
> your problem. Perhaps something the exams officer should be discussing
> with
> senior management?
>
>
> Whilst perhaps not solving all your problems, and of course that is only
> one
> exam board, I hope that goes some way to help.
>
> Laurie
> Specialist Teacher
> Hertswood School
> Hertfordshire
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Amanda
> Sent: 17 October 2006 18:43
> To: senco-forum
> Subject: [senco-forum] access arrangements
>
> Hello everyone
> What do you do to try to support pupils doing GCSE assessments? Do you
> leave others unsupported in classrooms to help those in exams? How many
> people do you use to read and scribe for GCSEs at any one time?
>
> I have a problem with my Year 10 group. About 15% of the group meet the
> criteria for a reader or a scribe or both. Now this is only about 18
> pupils
> but where do I find the people to work with them?
> Forget 'a reader may work with more than one pupil' because it just
> doesn't happen that kids ask for the occasional word to be read. Year 9
> SATs tell us that.
> What has made the problem more difficult is that the science syllabus has
> changed and, as well as the multiple choice modular exams, we now have
> written time-limited assessments on unseen questions at the end of each
> unit
> of work. Science want the kids to have readers and scribes if they are
> entitled to them. We have always provided readers for modular exams but
> the
> Head of Science has told me there could be as many a twelve written
> assessments in Year 10 alone.
> If science have readers and scribes, then so do all the other subjects
> where pupils do written coursework. After all, the kids are entitled. So
> English, maths, history, grography, French, etc, etc are saying kids need
> support in their assessments too. The exam boards expect pupils to
> practice
> their access arrangements quite rightly.
> I have between ten and fifteen people available at any one time to work
> with pupils. Almost all are 'tied' to pupils with Statement hours, of
> which
> only three are in Year 10 and they share 2.2 full time equivilant between
> them. Almost everyone else is in other year groups.
> We thought of asking for volunteers from the community but every one would
> need to be CRB checked at a cost of £40 apiece and then re-checked if we
> needed to use them again in a few months.
> What do you do? What do you think I should advise my Head?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Amanda
> Secondary SENCO
> Cornwall
>
>
>
>
> Amanda
> Secondary SENCO
> Cornwall
>