Access arrangements, surprise surprise, is an agenda item at the AoC Conference next week. I hope that you don't mind if I quote some of your responses.
Chris Hemming
Examinations Officer
Hills Road Sixth Form College | Cambridge CB2 8PE
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From: The FE Exams Network mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mandy Ogden
Sent: 02 February 2017 2:25 PM
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Subject: Re: Accommodating access arrangements on GCSE days
Hello Vicki
We had similar numbers last year and will again this year, we have to close the College as all or most of the rooms are needed for exams. Where we could we put students who needed smaller rooms in groups of 4 or 5, and we put students who only needed a bit of help reading they went into groups of 3. We have a computer in almost all of our class rooms as they are needed to log in to the interactive whiteboard - we used these.
It is a massive job to plan, but don't lose heart it is doable - just takes an awful lot of organising and you need Senior Managers on board to support you and make the big decisions like closing College.
Good luck - you are not on your own.
Mandy Ogden
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From: The FE Exams Network mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vicki Roberts
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 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.
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