Access arrangements for GCSE, AS and A Level: 2017 to 2018 academic year

Tuesday, 24 September 2019 14:59

Access arrangements allow skills and knowledge to be demonstrated by candidates with disabilities, temporary illnesses or special educational needs. The main trends in access arrangements for GCSE, AS and A Level for 2017 to 2018 academic year in England were: There were 391,130 approved access arrangements, down 0.5% on 2016/17....Request free trial

Access arrangements allow skills and knowledge to be demonstrated by candidates with disabilities, temporary illnesses or special educational needs.

The main trends in access arrangements for GCSE, AS and A Level for 2017 to 2018 academic year in England were:

There were 391,130 approved access arrangements, down 0.5% on 2016/17.
5,425 centres (91% of all centres) had approved access arrangements for one or more of their students this year, a similar percentage to last year.
25% extra time arrangements made up 60% of all approved arrangements in 2017/18, compared to 57% in 2016/17.
There were 49,985 modified papers this year, up 4% on 2017.

Documents

Access Arrangements for GCSE, AS and A level: 2017 to 2018 academic year

Ref: Ofqual/18/6443/1PDF, 666KB, 6 pages

Background information: Access Arrangements for GCSE, AS and A level, 2017 to 2018 academic year

Ref: Ofqual/18/6443/3PDF, 603KB, 8 pages

Data tables: Access Arrangements for GCSE, AS and A level, 2017 to 2018 academic year

Ref: Ofqual/18/6443/2MS Excel Spreadsheet, 26.1KB

Pre-release access list: Access Arrangements for GCSE, AS and A level, 2017 to 2018 academic year

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Notes

Please note that the figure of total number of modified papers given in the release is not complete, as one of the exam boards inadvertently did not report numbers of one type of modified paper (non-interactive electronic question papers). Therefore the current figure given on page 4 in the report, table 3, and the figures and charts on page 5 may be affected.

Since the publication of the release the exam board informed us of a change in their procedure of providing modified papers to centres. Under the new procedure the centres are able to download PDFs from the exam board’s secure area and print additional copies. The exam board did not collect the number of additional copies made and therefore reported a nil return for the number of modified papers. We are working with the exam board to resolve this.