[senco-forum] access arrangements

Sounds brilliant especially the statement in personal file tho it doesn't
necessarily get the kids the goods ! Barbara 

-----Original Message-----
From: Allyson Bremner [mailto:a.bremner at oratory.co.uk] 
Sent: 22 September 2006 21:57
To: barbara; WrayJanice Wray; 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

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

	-----Original Message----- 
	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

	----------------------------------------
	> 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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