Call me cynical. But it seems to me that this e-mail was read very quickly and got the same knee jerk response all problems in exams get nowadays, without proper thought and careful attention. Hence Mr Black. We are not taken seriously and just to shift the blame to SMT for not having the set up as it should be according to JCQ is a cop out. In many schools and colleges this situation has been evolved historically as it is.
Personally I would prefer to do the application myself, with the proper paperwork supplied to me by the SENCO
as we do now. This gives me all the details I need to plan the examinations and ensures that I know of all candidates with Access Arrangements.
So far the inspector is happy with the paper work I hold, but I feel as I think many of you do, that some students have access arrangements who do not really need them (let alone it being their normal way of working).
I am going to the RTA conference on the 5th of December where the changes to the Pink booklet is one subject. I will certainly take these e-mails. I hope to meet a few of you there and hopefully we get some answers, especially from Brian Rogers, a JCQ inspector.
Kind regards
Marjanne
Marjanne Worsley
Examinations Officer
Phone: 01444 446844
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Central Sussex College - Sixth Form College
Harlands Road
Haywards Heath
RH16 1LT
>>> Sue Brennan <[log in to unmask]> 14/11/2012 11:20 >>>
Just seen the reply from JCQ
First question ........................ who is Mr Black?????
Sue Brennan
Examinations Officer
Hertford Regional College
Ware Campus
Scotts Road
Ware
Herts
SG12 9JF
Tel: 01992411985
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From: The FE Exams Network mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Duncan Buck
Sent: 14 November 2012 09:32
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Subject: Re: Letter to JCQ regarding Access Arrangements - Names List
Dear Colleagues
I am overwhelmed by your support for this letter - the list of signatories is now up to 52 with half an hour to go. Please can you check that your details on this list are correct and let me know if not before 10:00.
Regards
Duncan
John Bland, Examinations Officer, New College Durham
Sue Brennan, Examinations Officer, Hertford Regional College
Duncan Buck, Exams Co-ordinator, Herefordshire College of Technology
Vicky Buckle, Examinations Officer, Bishop Burton College
Graham Buss, Examinations Manager, East Berkshire College
Elaine Christian, Examinations Manager, Birkenhead Sixth Form College
Amy Coombes, Exams Officer, Pontypool Campus, Coleg Gwent
Claire Coterill-Smith, Examinations Manager, Midkent College
Stella Daly, Examinations Officer, Sparsholt College Hampshire
Rachel Dearing, Examinations Manager, Manchester College
Alan Fenton, Head of Exams, Newcastle College
Matthew Fletcher, Examinations Manager, College of North West London
Joyce Forster, Examinations Officer, Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College Darlington
Sara Galloway, Examinations & Achievement Officer, Hull College
Sally Graham, Exams Team Leader, Stockport College
Meg Gwilliam, Exams Officer, Ludlow College
Shirley Hallett, Examination Manager, Warrington Collegiate
Richard Harrison, Examinations Officer, Stafford College
Peter Hearn, Examinations Officer, Capel Manor College
Karen Heath, Examinations Officer, Hartlepool Sixth Form College
Chris Hemming, Examinations Officer, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Jen Henry, Examinations Officer, North Hertfordshire College
Jennifer Hoare, Exams Officer, Truro College
Colin Humphreys, Registrations and Assessments Manager, Coleg Morgannwg
Jayne Jenkins, Senior Exams Officer, Uxbridge College
Wilma Khaliq, Examinations Manager, Sir George Monoux College
Michelle Lockett, Administrative Officer MIS/ Exams, Mid Cheshire College
Jake Meechan, Exams Manager, Guilford College
Elaine Monks, Assessments & Achievements Manager, Yeovil College
Pippa Newman, Admissions & Examinations Manager, Harrow College
Kate Oliver, Examinations Manager, West Thames College
Margot Pitt, IS Manager (Exams), Gloucestershire College
Jayne Pownall, Examinations Manager, Rotherham College of Arts & Technology
Sarah Rainford, Head of MIS and Examinations, Blackpool Sixth Form College
Gillian Russell, Examinations and Assessments Manager, Kingston College
Lynne Savage, Exams and Data Co-ordinator, North West Kent College
Sarah Short, Examinations and Accreditations Manager, Stockton Riverside College
Cath Smith, Examinations Officer, New College Stamford
Ros Stapleton, Achievement & Exams Officer, College of West Anglia
Karen Sturland, Exams Manager, Brockenhurst College
Mike Swann, Examinations Manager, Huntingdon Regional College
Mark Tate, Examinations Officer, City of Bath College
Sarah-Jane Taylor, Examinations Officer, Carlisle College
Sarah Thompson, Exams Manager, King Edward VI College, Stourbridge
Janice Tweed, Examinations Manager, West Suffolk College
Samantha Vowles, Exams Officer, Somerset College
Trudy Wallis, Examinations Officer, New College Telford
Sandra Watson, Exams Officer, Swindon College
Dr Alan Waymont, Examinations Manager, Peter Symonds College
Shirley Westall, Examinations Manager, New College (Swindon)
Sue Wood, Examinations Officer, Brooksby Melton College
Marjanne Worsley, Examinations Officer, Central Sussex College
>>> Duncan Buck <[log in to unmask]> 13/11/2012 15:22 >>>
Dear All
Here is the text, and equally important the list of names supporting, the Email that I am going to send to Nick Lait at the JCQ expressing our concern over the changes to the requirements for claiming Access Arrangements. Please can I ask that you all read this and suggest any amendments or if you wish to withdraw your name from the list by 10:00 tomorrow when I will send it. The same list of names will be used by Chris Hemming when he writes to the AoC suggesting that the JCQ are summonsed to the conference.
Regards
Duncan
Duncan Buck
Exams Co-ordinator
Herefordshire College of Technology
DDI: 01432 365315
Int: x315
Group Email: [log in to unmask]
Dear Nick
I feel that JCQ needs to be aware that there is great confusion and concern amongst experienced examination officers regarding the evidence required to "paint a picture of need" and to demonstrate the "normal way of working" under the 12-13 JCQ Regulations.
We are generally supportive of the changes set out in the AARA&SC Section 1.1.3 and appreciate how this links to 1.1.4 and the possible provision of inappropriate access arrangements in the past. However, the JCQ are asking examination officers to take responsibility for signing (for example on Form 8, Form 9 or Access Arrangements Online) to say that we have evidence to "paint a picture of need" and to demonstrate the "normal way of working", both of which will be available for inspection by your inspectors, but without defining exactly what we will be required to hold immediately available.
Particularly in large colleges examination officers are unable to know all of the students personally, and as such we have to rely on the word of our professional colleagues such as SENCOs/specialist teachers and teaching staff. The JCQ needs to define, along with example documents, what it expects examination officers to hold available for inspection for each generic group of access arrangements. Your current approach of expecting each centre to develop the requirements for themselves without providing examples of what you are expecting is unsustainable and is resulting in inconsistency of provision to candidates.
Please can we ask you to reconsider the JCQ's current approach and to provide examination officers with a much clearer understanding of what your inspectors will be looking to find. In addition, in future when such major changes in working practice are planned you should consider providing training meetings before the changes are implemented to assist those who are expected to apply them to do so in the way that you desire.
Yours sincerely
Duncan
Duncan Buck
Exams Co-ordinator
Herefordshire College of Technology
DDI: 01432 365315
On behalf of:
John Bland, Examinations Officer, New College Durham
Sue Brennan, Examinations Officer, Hertford Regional College
Duncan Buck, Exams Co-ordinator, Herefordshire College of Technology
Vicky Buckle, Examinations Officer, Bishop Burton College
Elaine Christian, Examinations Manager, Birkenhead Sixth Form College
Amy Coombes, Exams Officer, Pontypool Campus, Coleg Gwent
Claire Coterill-Smith, Examinations Manager, Midkent College
Matthew Fletcher, Examinations Manager, College of North West London
Alan Fenton, Head of Exams, Newcastle College
Joyce Forster, Examinations Officer, Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College Darlington
Sally Graham, Exams Team Leader, Stockport College
Meg Gwilliam, Exams Officer, Ludlow College
Shirley Hallett, Examination Manager, Warrington Collegiate
Richard Harrison, Examinations Officer, Stafford College
Peter Hearn, Examinations Officer, Capel Manor College
Karen Heath, Examinations Officer, Hartlepool Sixth Form College
Chris Hemming, Examinations Officer, Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge
Jen Henry, Examinations Officer, North Hertfordshire College
Colin Humphreys, Registrations and Assessments Manager, Coleg Morgannwg
Wilma Khaliq, Examinations Manager, Sir George Monoux College
Michelle Lockett, Administrative Officer MIS/ Exams, Mid Cheshire College
Jake Meechan, Exams Manager, Guilford College
Elaine Monks, Assessments & Achievements Manager, Yeovil College
Pippa Newman, Admissions & Examinations Manager, Harrow College
Kate Oliver, Examinations Manager, West Thames College
Margot Pitt, IS Manager (Exams), Gloucestershire College
Jayne Pownall, Examinations Manager, Rotherham College of Arts & Technology
Gillian Russell, Examinations and Assessments Manager, Kingston College
Lynne Savage, Exams and Data Co-ordinator, North West Kent College
Sarah Short, Examinations and Accreditations Manager, Stockton Riverside College
Cath Smith, Examinations Officer, New College Stamford
Ros Stapleton, Achievement & Exams Officer, College of West Anglia
Karen Sturland, Exams Manager, Brockenhurst College
Mike Swann, Examinations Manager, Huntingdon Regional College
Mark Tate, Examinations Officer, City of Bath College
Sarah-Jane Taylor, Examinations Officer, Carlisle College
Samantha Vowles, Exams Officer, Somerset College
Trudy Wallis, Examinations Officer, New College Telford
Dr Alan Waymont, Examinations Manager, Peter Symonds College
Shirley Westall, Examinations Manager, New College (Swindon)
Marjanne Worsley, Examinations Officer, Central Sussex College
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