[senco-forum] access arrangements

Well I'll tell you how I got them to listen.  I asked the forum if it was legal/ethical not to give extra time in mocks, collated all the replies, showed them to management (got a bollocking for 'airing dirty linen in public') lodged a statement in my personal file saying 'I have made management aware of the JCQ regulations relating to extra time and am absolved from all legal responsibility etc etc'  then I went into the car park and screamed.  Not sure which bit out of all that worked but I got my way.  Ally

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	From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk on behalf of barbara 
	Sent: Fri 22/09/2006 20:04 
	To: 'WrayJanice Wray'; 'Sharon Fawcitt'; tgtunstall at aol.com; amandavh at btinternet.com; chris19251 at blueyonder.co.uk; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk 
	Cc: 
	Subject: RE: [senco-forum] access arrangements

	Even our year 11 mocks were doone within hour lessons last year  -how do we
	get thro to exam secretary and subject staff that the kids need to practise
	using their extra time? (I have tried -honest)
	Barbara ht

	-----Original Message-----
	From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
	[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of WrayJanice Wray
	Sent: 22 September 2006 19:47
	To: Sharon Fawcitt; tgtunstall at aol.com; amandavh at btinternet.com;
	chris19251 at blueyonder.co.uk; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
	Subject: RE: [senco-forum] access arrangements

	The big problem we have is that up to the Yr 11 mocks, exams are in lesson
	time and usually an hour long so that giving extra time is almost impossible
	- when do we do it - readers have usually been given in tests since Yr 7 so
	that's not such a problem.

	Janice Wray
	Secondary SENCO, Herts

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	> From: sfawcitt at dsl.pipex.com
	> To: TGTunstall at aol.com; amandavh at btinternet.com;
	> chris19251 at blueyonder.co.uk; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
	> Subject: RE: [senco-forum] access arrangements
	> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:36:12 +0100
	> CC:
	>
	> Actually you should be assessing at beginning of Year 10 and then
	> allowing the pupils to practise their access arrangements in their
	> mocks and for their coursework .
	>
	> >>Access Arrangements cover the entire course and should be applied
	> >>for as
	> early
	> as possible to ensure that appropriate specifications are chosen.
	> Arrangements must be approved before an examination or assessment and
	> are intended to allow attainment to be demonstrated.>>  See chapter
	> 1.1 of JCQ regs
	>
	> This doesn't mean that you may not be adding to your list later if new
	> information comes to light.  In the letter I send home to parents I
	> always say that the use of AAs will be monitored and if not being used
	would be
	> considered inappropriate.   
	> If a pupil is awarded a scribe and it is not used in an exam, you
	> still have to attach a scribe cover sheet and say no scribe was used. 
	> Other than that, I don't think they will ever know exactly who used
	> what in each exam.  Their system is not exact enough - certainly at
	> the moment. Sharon
	>
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
	> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of
	> TGTunstall at aol.com
	> Sent: 17 September 2006 19:02
	> To: amandavh at btinternet.com; chris19251 at blueyonder.co.uk;
	> senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
	> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] access arrangements
	>
	> Surely it can't be right that we tell boards about extra time NOW.
	> I have see all my new year 11s who might be entitled but a couple of  them
	> I
	> need more information about because my own assessments are  borderline. We

	> will reach the right allocation in the end but it's a process  requiring
	> evidence from teachers and by observing how they cope with mocks etc.  If
	I
	> send in
	> the names of all of them now, and we change our minds later, what  will
	> happen?
	> What if someone we've missed comes in with a private EP assessment  saying

	> they need extra time? If the responsibility for deciding who needs extra
	> time
	> and how much rests with the school, surely they should also be able to
	> decide
	> the best time to do that?
	> trish
	>
	>

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