Please find attached the latest Form 8 to be used for all applications from Sept 2020, which details the inclusion of Maths Fluency as a measure of speed of working for accessing 25% additional time.
Good news – the deadline for applications online has been pushed back by a month – the deadline for online applications is 31st march 2021 for any candidate with learning needs needing reasonable adjustments for the 2021 summer exam period.
JCQ Form 8 Sept 2020-21 PDF
Form 8 2020-21 WORD
Access Arrangements allow candidates/learners with special educational needs, disabilities or temporary injuries to access the assessment without changing the demands of the assessment. For example, readers, scribes and Braille question papers. In this way Awarding Bodies will comply with the duty of the Equality Act 2010 to make ‘reasonable adjustments’.
Reasonable Adjustments
The Equality Act 2010 requires an Awarding Body to make reasonable adjustments where a disabled person would be at a substantial disadvantage in undertaking an assessment.
A reasonable adjustment for a particular person may be unique to that individual and may not be included in the list of available Access Arrangements.
How reasonable the adjustment is will depend on a number of factors including the needs of the disabled candidate/learner. An adjustment may not be considered reasonable if it involves unreasonable costs, timeframes or affects the security or integrity of the assessment.
There is no duty on the Awarding Bodies to make any adjustment to the assessment objectives being tested in an assessment.
Monsarratt Specialist Dyslexia Services can assist with testing and applications.
Special Consideration
Special Consideration is a post examination adjustment to a candidate’s mark or grade to reflect temporary injury, illness or other indisposition at the time of the examination/assessment.
JCQ Regulations and Guidance 2020 – 21
Supplementary Guidance 2020-21
Data-Protection-Notice 2020-21
The School Dictionary by Barrington Stoke helps those dyslexic learners who struggle with spelling.
HOW DO YOU FIND A WORD IN A DICTIONARY IF YOU CANNOT SPELL?
The School Spelling Dictionary breaks through these problems, taking away the frustration of hunting through a conventional dictionary and actually improving users’ spellings through increasing their understanding of common spelling patterns and unusual features.
Users just need to think about how a word sounds to be able to spell it.
Ten out of Ten for usability
Monsarratt Specialist Dyslexia Services recommends – At Home with Dyslexia It is an up to date practical guide for parents wanting to support their dyslexic child. It will help parents to:
Really understand dyslexia and to spot the indicators at any age.
Talk to their child about Dyslexia and foster self-belief.
Find practical ways to improve their child’s working memory and literacy skills.
Central to the guidance is the emphasis of a learning ‘difference’ rather than a ‘difficulty’.
Marks out of ten- ten!
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Feedback following a full dyslexia assessment, Lovely to hear that working 1-1 as part of an assessment can make such a difference to an individuals self esteem and confidence……
Sarah-Jane, Thank you for all your support throughout the assessment process. You have confirmed what we thought, that our daughter’s difficulties in the classroom were as a consequence of dyslexia. We now have a really good, comprehensive report with great recommendations and a plan for moving forward. We are very pleased.
Parent, Great Ayton, July 2020
Following a dyscalculia assessment……
We would like to highly recommend Monsarratt Specialist Teaching Services. From our initial meeting with Sarah-Jane to reading her thorough and detailed report our anxieties and concerns were greatly reduced. Her tremendous support, time and guidance have helped our son to use successful strategies in the classroom and at home to help him to overcome his barriers in learning and to prepare him for the transition from Primary to Secondary School.
Parent, Hutton Rudby, July 2020
It’s great to hear feedback from the pupils too…..
Mrs Monsarratt is a really nice Teacher who is a friend to everyone. She helps you if you need it. I was struggling at school and she was there for me.
Y6 Pupil, July 2020
How to explain to a child that the difficulties they are experiencing are due to a learning difference.
People with dyslexia can find things like reading, writing or remembering things tricky.
Dyslexia is a learning difference which primarily affects reading and writing skills. However, it does not only affect these skills. Dyslexia is actually about information processing. Dyslexic people may have difficulty processing and remembering information they see and hear, which can affect learning and the acquisition of literacy skills. Dyslexia can also impact on other areas such as organisational skills.
It is important to remember that there are positives to thinking differently. Many dyslexic people show strengths in areas such as reasoning and in visual and creative fields.
The BDA has adopted the Rose (2009) definition of dyslexia:
Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling. Characteristic features of dyslexia are difficulties in phonological awareness, verbal memory and verbal processing speed. Dyslexia occurs across the range of intellectual abilities. It is best thought of as a continuum, not a distinct category, and there are no clear cut-off points. Co-occurring difficulties may be seen in aspects of language, motor co-ordination, mental calculation, concentration and personal organisation, but these are not, by themselves, markers of dyslexia. A good indication of the severity and persistence of dyslexic difficulties can be gained by examining how the individual responds or has responded to well-founded intervention.
Dyslexia has nothing to do with how clever you are. There are good things that come with dyslexia!
So what is Dyslexia ? Click here to find out more
Parents Guide for Dyslexia ages 7-11 years
A Learning Toolkit is a handy kit of resources children can use in the classroom to support their learning – click here for toolkit ideas
