Hi Victoria
We do the same as Ros and this year we are also trialling the use of ORATO which is a software programme that reads the paper to the students so cancelling the need for a reader. We don't usually cancel all the classes but think we may have to this year as we have 1200 students for both GCSE's.
Joanne Cotton | Student Information Co-ordinator (Exams)
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Sent: 02 February 2017 14:03
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Subject: Re: Accommodating access arrangements on GCSE days
Hi Victoria
We do the following:
- cancel all classes that we possibly can to free up rooms and staff for invigilating etc
- work with Learning Support to see which students who have an EAA in place can share readers or share separate rooms
- work with our IT Department to ensure they are given plenty of notice for hooking up printers to WPs
- ensure our Premises team are aware of all our needs so that rooms can be set up appropriately
We have very little in terms of large spaces (oh for a sports hall) - our biggest area sits 50 so we are the same and have to use multiple classrooms and offices. Additionally, we run cloakrooms on each floor for coats/bags/'phones - these have to be staffed as well of course in addition to roaming invigilators (we call them runners).
I think the answer is that you can't start planning early enough. Good luck! :-)
Ros George
Deputy Head of Information Services
Bath College
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Sent: 02 February 2017 1:57 PM
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Subject: Accommodating access arrangements on GCSE days
Hi all
This year we have very large numbers for GCSE English and Maths, and access arrangements have also gone through the roof.
As an example for GCSE English we have 973 learners entered, 249 or 26% of which have access arrangements (with many more in the pipeline). As it stands we will need 79 rooms just for separate rooms and shared readers, this doesn't include students without access arrangements, or those with extra time, rest breaks, word processors etc. At present 86 require a word processor.
We are understandably really struggling to accommodate these numbers of access arrangements, please can I ask if any other large centres are experiencing similar, and if so what measures are you taking to address this?
Thank you so much, your responses would be much appreciated.
Ros George
Deputy Head of Information Services
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