This course is for anyone involved in the access arrangements process who wants to update and refresh their knowledge of the JCQ regulations for the current academic year. It assumes a working knowledge of the JCQ regulations (for our introductory course, please click here).
This course is approved by the SpLD Assessments Standards Committee (SASC) for 3 Core CPD hours.
This pre-recorded update course relates to the current JCQ regulations for access arrangements.
With a focus on the current regulations, alongside embedding the changes over the last couple of years, we aim to build confidence in applying the regulations in your centre, supporting you to make individual, evidence-led decisions for your students. The course covers:
The course tutors are Caroline Read, Rebecca Thompson and Nick Lait.
Caroline is a Specialist Teacher who has practical experience in all areas of the Access Arrangements process and trains for LAs, Universities and SEN Services. Caroline contributed to the PATOSS/JCQ publication ‘Dyslexia: Assessing the need for Access Arrangements’, has been published in academic journals and has worked with various publishers to develop tests. She was part of the working party which set up ‘Access Arrangements Online’ and has been involved with other DfE and Ofqual training and policy projects.
Rebecca is a Specialist Teacher with more than 19 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 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, offering a SASC approved mentoring course for diagnostic report writing and a Feifer Assessment of Maths course.
Nick Lait is Chair of the JCQ Special Requirements Committee. His responsibilities include the production of JCQ documents relating to examination administration, such as the JCQ publication Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments and Instructions for Conducting Examinations. Nick provides advice and guidance to schools and colleges, predominately on access arrangements. He has a thorough knowledge of the examination administration system having previously worked with Edexcel for 11 years, in both UK and International exam operations, taking a lead role in the development of Access Arrangements Online.
This page is for booking our On-Demand Video course. You will have access to this pre-recorded course for 10 days from your selected start date. You can watch the course as many times as you wish during that period.
This pre-recorded update course relates to the current JCQ regulations for access arrangements.
The video presentations themselves take 3 hours and 15 minutes, but this does not allow for pausing the presentation for action points or extra reading of handouts so we recommend to allow 4 hours for the course.
To view our 5 minute Introduction to Communicate-ed Online video please CLICK HERE.
For nearly two decades we have been running courses across the country, aiming to provide high quality, value for money training for education professionals working in the area of special needs. Many of our delegates are telling us that it is increasingly difficult for busy professionals to take the opportunity to attend courses ‘off-site’. In response to this, we now offer a number of online training courses, focusing on Examination Access Arrangements, Assessment, and Supporting SEN Students.
With the internet now so accessible, the advantages of online courses are clear:
Courses can be viewed at any time, and in any venue where there is a good internet reception.
As standard, you will have 10 days (or for some courses 20 days) from the start date you choose, to login and view the course. You can run the course as many times as you want to within this 10/20 day period. We also run special offers for some courses which give unlimited access to courses to the end of an academic year.
N.B. Delegates will need a good broadband connection to access our online courses.
This course is not assessed. However, for an extra £10 you can take an online multiple choice assessment that proves your knowledge of the JCQ regulations and procedures. If you pass, you can print out a certificate confirming your knowledge of the regulations to put in your CPD folder. To add this to your booking, please select it below when it asks if you want to ‘add assessment’.
You can book online using the form below. You can Pay online, or we can supply you with an invoice.