Friday, 9th October 2026
9:30am - 3:30pm
Richmond School & Sixth Form, North Yorkshire
This course is for everyone involved in Access Arrangements assessments for General Qualifications (e.g. GCSE, A levels). This includes Access Arrangements Assessors, SENCOs, Examinations Officers and Educational Psychologists working at school and FE level.
Changes for the 2026/27 JCQ regulations to ensure delegates are fully up to date with the JCQ requirements.
The course covers:
- Rationale for Access Arrangements
- Access Arrangements Online - how to apply and recent changes
- Types of Access Arrangement
- Recommendations for tests and assessments
- Roles, responsibilities & systems
- Completing the JCQ AA evidence forms
- Resources for screening
- Case studies
- Copies of 45 recommended tests will be available for examination
This coure is SASC approved and every delegate will receive a certificate.
Training led by: Rebecca Thompson
Rebecca is a Specialist Teacher with more than 21 years’ assessment experience. She has a current Assessment Practising Certificate, regularly carrying out diagnostic assessment for dyslexia and dyscalculia, as well as carrying out access arrangement assessments. She is a senior assessor and IQA for the PAPAA course, supporting students with the course demands. She is a member of the APC accreditation team for the BDA and is a SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) approved CPD provider, with current SASC courses for mentoring on diagnostic report writing; building assessment confidence in report writing for SpLD in maths; branching out into EAA: a guide for Level 7/APC holder; and using the SASC 2025 report format for SpLD in maths.
Audience:
This training course is for everyone involved in the access arrangements process. This includes Access Arrangements Assessors, SENCos, Access Arrangement Coordinators, Examinations Officers and Educational Psychologists working at school and FE level.
Cost: £190 (incl. VAT)/person | £10 off for second | £20 off subsequent delegates | Refreshments & lunch included.
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